CBS Information And Stations Faucets Adrienne Roark And Jennifer Mitchell For Expanded Roles As Half Of New Management Construction

EXCLUSIVE: Adrienne Roark and Jennifer Mitchell will tackle expanded roles as a part of a brand new management construction at CBS Information and Stations, the newest adjustments on the division.

Roark will function president of editorial and newsgathering for CBS Information and Stations, assuming the tasks of Ingrid Ciprián-Matthews, who stepped down as president of CBS Information and can function senior editorial adviser by way of the election. Roark will lead area and newsroom and newsgathering groups in addition to CBS Information Radio.

Roark, who had been president of content material growth and integration, additionally will proceed to steer the CBS Native Information Innovation Lab in Dallas-Fort Price; the Facilities of Excellence she has constructed round information journalism, climate and specialised beats/models; and WCBS and WLNY in New York, in addition to WBZ and WSBK in Boston.

Mitchell will develop into president of stations and digital for CBS Information and Stations, with main duty for CBS Stations, in addition to the division’s native and nationwide digital properties. She’s going to oversee 23 of the 27 CBS-owned stations. That expands her portfolio to now embrace seven stations within the East that had been led by Roark, together with KYW and WPSG in Philadelphia, KDKA and WPKD in Pittsburgh, WFOR and WBFS in Miami, and WJZ in Baltimore, the community stated. Mitchell had been president of CBS Stations (West Coast and Midwest).

Roark and Mitchell will proceed to report back to Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS Information and Stations and CBS Media Ventures. Roark and Mitchell additionally will share duty for overseeing the content material for the division’s native and nationwide streaming channels, the community stated.

McMahon will oversee all CBS Information community broadcasts, working with the manager producers of the exhibits “to proceed maximizing our manufacturers to their fullest potential on broadcast and past.”

Additionally introduced had been new roles for different information executives. Alvin Patrick will increase his tasks to incorporate specials and documentaries for platforms throughout CBS Information, Stations and Media Ventures. He’ll proceed to function government producer of the CBS Information Race and Tradition Unit, in addition to overseeing longform programming for CBS Information and digital streaming properties. He’ll report back to McMahon.

Terri Stewart will develop into senior vp of newsgathering, main day-to-day editorial newsgathering throughout the CBS Information and Stations division. Wendy Fisher has been named senior vp of editorial, guiding information gathering efforts and working neighborhood journalism information hubs. She’s going to give attention to the event of a CBS Information and Stations protection desk, working throughout newsroom and bureaus. She additionally will proceed to supervise climate protection for the division. Stewart and Fisher will report back to Roark.

David Reiter has been named senior vp, CBS Information 24/7, particular occasions and particular tasks. The position consists of tasks for particular protection on tv and main the division’s streaming initiatives. He’ll report back to Roark.

Final week, the community unveiled a revamp of CBS Night Information, with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois anchoring the published from New York after Norah O’Donnell steps down after the election. Invoice Owens, the manager producer of 60 Minutes, is also taking up a brand new position as supervising producer of the night broadcast. Margaret Brennan might be an everyday presence on the night information, main political protection from Washington, D.C.

In a memo to staffers, McMahon wrote that Roark “will work throughout the group to assist additional develop our information gathering processes whereas managing all editorial elements throughout CBS Information. Whereas Adrienne’s focus might be on community information, she’s going to proceed to prioritize the combination of our native, world and nationwide groups. McMahon famous that Roark has spearheaded a number of cross-divisional initiatives, together with Eye on America and the Nationwide Group Journalism Motion, and in current months “has had a better presence within the management room, offering management and help to our breaking information protection.” That included the assassination try on the lifetime of former President Donald Trump and the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore.

“By leveraging the Tremendous Desk to attach our groups, she’s going to assist be certain that our every day information protection is distinctive, complete and aligns with our mission to uphold our legacy whereas creating our future,” McMahon wrote.

McMahon cited Mitchell’s key position in CBS Information 24/7, the flagship present of the streaming community that was launch as a part of the channel’s rebrand earlier this yr. McMahon wrote that Mitchell “has performed an important position in rising our native streams as they’ve skyrocketed from fourth to first, collectively, towards our same-market aggressive over the course of simply two years.”

The adjustments additionally come as CBS dad or mum Paramount World unveiled plans to trim $500 million in prices. That was adopted by the announcement of a deliberate merger of Paramount World with Skydance Media.