PBS NewsHour hires Kotuby from Bloomberg

The PBS NewsHour has hired Stephanie Kotuby in the newly created role of senior editorial producer.

In this capacity, Kotuby will be part of the senior team and take part in planning and producing a variety of editorial segments for broadcast and online.

“I am delighted to welcome Stephanie Kotuby to the NewsHour in this key role,” said NewsHour executive producer Sara Just in a statement. “Stephanie will join forces with our accomplished beat producers and reporters, and expand our ability to identify and secure the most insightful and newsmaking interviews.”

Kotuby joins NewsHour from Bloomberg, where she was part of the politics team and served as a booker for “With All Due Respect.” Prior to that, she was with CNN where she led booking efforts for “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” as well as special event coverage for the elections in 2010 and 2012.

In addition to deep experience covering politics, Kotuby has covered a wide range of major world stories, including the death of Osama bin Laden, the Boston Marathon bombings, Hurricane Katrina, and the Virginia Tech shooting.

Kotuby was part of CNN’s team that won an Emmy for coverage for the 2012 election and Peabody Awards for coverage of the Arab Spring, the Gulf oil spill and the 2008 presidential primary campaign and debates, and is the recipient of a DuPont award for CNN’s coverage of the Tsunami in South Asia.