NBC News and MSNBC announced a series of staffing announcements, with the latter preparing to split from parent Comcast.Michelle Perry has been promoted to deputy bureau chief of NBC News, having previously run the network’s justice and national security unit. She has been with the network and MSNBC for 20 years, including as executive producer of Andrea Mitchell’s daily show.MSNBC, meanwhile, has announced a series of hires for its D.C. bureau., be led by bureau chief Sudeep Reddy. Scott Matthews, senior VP of newsgathering, has been tasked with building up MSNBC’s news division.Akayla Gardner is joining as a White House reporter from Bloomberg, where she was a White House correspondent and author of the weekly “Washington Edition: Inside the White House” newsletter.Ryan Reilly will be senior justice reporter, having worked for NBC News. He covered the Jack Smith investigation, the January 6th attack on the Capitol and the Trump administration overhaul of the Justice Department, among other stories, and authored the book Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System.Priya Sridhar will be a Pentagon reporter, having previously worked at NBC News. She has won an Emmy and spent the last 10 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve.Mychael Schnell joins as a reporter, having previously covered Congress for The Hill.Arielle Hixson will be a reporter, having previously worked at NBC Washington.Julia Jester will be a reporter, having previously worked at NBC News as a producer covering the State Department and the White House.Alex Tabet will be a reporter, having previously worked at NBC News and on the documentaries W: George W. Bush and Slay the Dragon, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.MSNBC and other Comcast cable networks will be split into a new company, Versant, later this year. That means that NBC News and MSNBC will not longer be sister networks.
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