Monday 31 July 2023

Deadline: CNN Announces Promotions In Domestic Newsgathering, Hires Daniel Strauss To Cover National Politics

Story from Deadline:

CNN announced a series of promotions in its domestic newsgathering division.

Matthew Hilk was upped to senior vice president, news and domestic editorial director, as the editorial lead for domestic coverage and planning.

Adam Levine was promoted to senior vice president of news and Washington executive editorial director, the editorial lead for D.C. newsgathering, with oversight of the investigative unit. The latter will now be part of newsgathering.

Leora Kapelus was named senior vice president of news and enterprise, coordinating large breaking news and enterprise stories, with expansion into weather/climate, health, and race and equality . In addition, Ben Tinker was named vice president of domestic beats, expanding oversight to include health/science, climate, weather and race.

The network also announced the hire of Daniel Strauss as a reporter covering national politics. Strauss was previously a staff writer and senior political correspondent at New Republic.

Virginia Moseley, executive vice president of editorial, outlined the promotions in a staff memo, below. Moseley is part of the interim leadership team at the network since the exit of Chris Licht.

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