Elita Fielder Adjei has been named vice president of communications for CBS Stations.
Adjei will work closely with Adrienne Roark, president of content development and integration for CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures; Jennifer Mitchell, president of CBS Stations; and Mike Nelson, senior vice president of communications, CBS Stations. She also will work with general managers, news directors and on-air talent across the station group, which includes 27 owned-and-operated outlets in 17 major markets, as well as streaming services.
Adjei most recently served as vice president of corporate communications at Disney General Entertainment, overseeing communications for National Geographic Content. She previously was the director of publicity and communications at Disney’s ABC Owned Television Stations group. Her duties included spearheading the development and communications strategies for ABC’s race and culture content team, data journalism initiatives and docuseries publicity campaigns.
Christa Robinson, executive vice president of communications for CBS News and Stations,...
Adjei will work closely with Adrienne Roark, president of content development and integration for CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures; Jennifer Mitchell, president of CBS Stations; and Mike Nelson, senior vice president of communications, CBS Stations. She also will work with general managers, news directors and on-air talent across the station group, which includes 27 owned-and-operated outlets in 17 major markets, as well as streaming services.
Adjei most recently served as vice president of corporate communications at Disney General Entertainment, overseeing communications for National Geographic Content. She previously was the director of publicity and communications at Disney’s ABC Owned Television Stations group. Her duties included spearheading the development and communications strategies for ABC’s race and culture content team, data journalism initiatives and docuseries publicity campaigns.
Christa Robinson, executive vice president of communications for CBS News and Stations,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS News has upped Lance Frank to senior vice president of communications, with an expanded portfolio.
Frank, who had been VP of communications since 2019, will add oversight including 60 Minutes+, the race and culture unit and cross-division initiatives. He will continue to oversee communications for CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell and the Washington bureau.
He joined the network in 2011.
Christa Robinson, who heads up communications for the news division, wrote in a memo to staff that Frank “has successfully led press efforts for just about every CBS News platform, in addition to breaking news and special events through several intense news cycles. He established our media relations presence in Washington and oversaw our communications efforts through several extraordinary political seasons.”
The network formed a race and culture unit last year in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. 60 Minutes+ is the streaming version of the newsmagazine that is shown on the Paramount+ streaming service.
Frank, who had been VP of communications since 2019, will add oversight including 60 Minutes+, the race and culture unit and cross-division initiatives. He will continue to oversee communications for CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell and the Washington bureau.
He joined the network in 2011.
Christa Robinson, who heads up communications for the news division, wrote in a memo to staff that Frank “has successfully led press efforts for just about every CBS News platform, in addition to breaking news and special events through several intense news cycles. He established our media relations presence in Washington and oversaw our communications efforts through several extraordinary political seasons.”
The network formed a race and culture unit last year in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. 60 Minutes+ is the streaming version of the newsmagazine that is shown on the Paramount+ streaming service.
- 7/14/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Lance Frank, who has been with CBS News since 2011, has been named a vice president of communications at the CBS Corp. unit, and will oversee communications efforts for both “CBS Evening News” as well as the division’s operations in Washington, D.C., which include “Face The Nation.”
He reports to Christa Robinson, senior vice president of communications for CBS News.
Frank will remain based in New York and, in addition to the evening newscast, “will continue to help lead our communications efforts around special events and other division-wide editorial priorities,” Robinson said Monday in a memo to staffers.
Frank has in recent years been most closely identified with “CBS Evening News” and has shepherded outreach efforts around it under anchors Scott Pelley, Jeff Glor and, most recently, Norah O’Donnell.
Frank was first hired as a news associate at CBS News after graduating from Louisiana State University. He briefly worked at Channel One News,...
He reports to Christa Robinson, senior vice president of communications for CBS News.
Frank will remain based in New York and, in addition to the evening newscast, “will continue to help lead our communications efforts around special events and other division-wide editorial priorities,” Robinson said Monday in a memo to staffers.
Frank has in recent years been most closely identified with “CBS Evening News” and has shepherded outreach efforts around it under anchors Scott Pelley, Jeff Glor and, most recently, Norah O’Donnell.
Frank was first hired as a news associate at CBS News after graduating from Louisiana State University. He briefly worked at Channel One News,...
- 7/22/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
CBS News has named Michele Perez Exner to be communications director for its Washington D.C. bureau and Sunday Beltway show Face the Nation.
Prior to joining CBS News, Exner was press secretary for South Carolina’s Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott. Before joining Scott’s team, Exner spent eight years in the U.S. Marines, working in communications, marketing and advertising, as well as an instructor and a public affairs officer.
In her new post she will handle communications for CBS News out of D.C. and Face the Nation which is based there.
She starts July 5, reporting to Christa Robinson, Senior Vice President of Communications, CBS News, who said in the morning’s announcement that CBS news is “fortunate to have someone with Michele’s range of experience joining our team.”
From 2014 to 2016, Exner served as the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Director of Marketing and Advertising based out of Camp Lejeune,...
Prior to joining CBS News, Exner was press secretary for South Carolina’s Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott. Before joining Scott’s team, Exner spent eight years in the U.S. Marines, working in communications, marketing and advertising, as well as an instructor and a public affairs officer.
In her new post she will handle communications for CBS News out of D.C. and Face the Nation which is based there.
She starts July 5, reporting to Christa Robinson, Senior Vice President of Communications, CBS News, who said in the morning’s announcement that CBS news is “fortunate to have someone with Michele’s range of experience joining our team.”
From 2014 to 2016, Exner served as the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Director of Marketing and Advertising based out of Camp Lejeune,...
- 6/25/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
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