Kamb to join NBC News as national FOIA reporter
NBC News Digital has hired Lewis Kamb as a national FOIA reporter. Kamb will join the enterprise team on Sept. 12. NBC News digital managing editor Tom Namako said that Kamb “will pursue news-driven scoops and long-term investigative projects based on public records. He’ll work across the newsroom, running training sessions and coaching reporters on how […]
NBC News hires Hurley from Reuters
NBC News has hired Reuters legal affairs reporter Lawrence Hurley to cover the Supreme Court. He has been recently covering the U.S. Supreme Court, and he was part of a Pulitzer Prize winning team project on how the defense of qualified immunity protects police officers accused of excessive force. Hurley has been with Reuters since February 2013. […]
Russon joins NBC News as weekend and late news editor
NBC News has appointed Mary-Ann Russon as weekend and late news editor, based in London. Russon will direct coverage of NBCNews.com during overnight U.S. time on weekends, and edit and report for the World desk on weekdays, focused on foreign news. Recently, she was a freelance broadcast journalist at BBC News and contributed to The […]
Dilanian becomes justice and intelligence correspondent at NBC News
NBC News has appointed Ken Dilanian its justice and intelligence correspondent. Recently, Dilanian covered national security and intelligence issues. Before joining NBC News, he was an intelligence writer at The Associated Press and a national security correspondent at the Los Angeles Times. Dilanian worked as a state department correspondent, investigative reporter and congressional correspondent at […]
NBC News appoints Ainsley homeland security correspondent
NBC News has named Julia E. Ainsley homeland security correspondent following the retirement of Pete Williams. Recently, Ainsley covered the department of justice and homeland security as a correspondent. She also served as a national security-justice reporter for NBC News Investigations. Prior to joining NBC News, she was a criminal justice correspondent at Thomson Reuters. […]
Mimms joins NBC News Digital as politics editor
NBC News Digital has tapped Sarah Mimms as a politics editor, based in Washington, D.C. Recently, Mimms was a politics reporter at BuzzFeed News, which she joined in 2016 as D.C. editor. Previously, she was U.S. politics editor at Vice News. She was a staff correspondent at the National Journal, where she covered the Senate, and […]
Brand swaps NBC News for CNN
Anna Brand, senior editor for news projects at NBC News will leave to join CNN Digital as managing editor for the global data and graphics team. Brand has been with BC News for more than seven years, previously serving as special projects and planning editor. She also assigned, wrote and edited breaking news and political […]
NBC News’ Sinderbrand to join Georgetown University
Rebecca Sinderbrand, senior Washington editor at NBC News will join Georgetown University as professor of the practice and director of the journalism program. Sinderbrand was a visiting lecturer at Yale University and served as deputy national political editor at The Washington Post. She was also deputy White House editor at Politico and a political producer […]
Bellis departs WSJ for NBC News
Rich Bellis, a senior publishing editor at The Wall Street Journal, has left for a job at NBC News. Bellis has been with the Journal since August 2018. He worked on the digital desk and also edited the flagship “Notes on the News” daily newsletter. He previously was an associate editor at Fast Company for […]
NBC News taps Johnstone as managing editor
Liz Johnstone is now managing editor for NBC Politics digital. Previously, she served as deputy politics editor, digital, and a politics editor. She was also digital news and homepage editor at MSNBC and NBC News and held various roles at D Magazine, including online arts editor and managing editor. She interned at NBC Universal and […]