Subsequent president: Fox Information senior White Home correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has been named to the White Home Correspondents Affiliation Board beginning on July 15. Heinrich was elected to serve three years as a WHCA At-Massive seat Board member. She’s going to function the affiliation’s president within the remaining 12 months of her time period (2027-2028), taking up from Justin Sink, Bloomberg Information White Home correspondent.
Honored to have the belief of the White Home press corps to maneuver the WHCA ahead in its subsequent chapter – and to function president heading into the 2028 election! https://t.co/Lu1JxAqNMR
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) June 14, 2025
New function: Scripps Information has introduced that Maura Barnett would be the community’s new enterprise and expertise correspondent, positioned in Denver. Barnett joins from NBC Information, the place she served as a Chicago-based correspondent. In her new function, she is going to cowl the intersection of the financial system, expertise, and science, monitoring how innovation, markets, and coverage form our financial system and local weather future.
Workforce change: One other NBCUniversal govt is being poached to hitch Versant. The soon-to-be-spun-off media firm named Jessica Kurdali as senior vp of expertise technique, answerable for overseeing all expertise administration, recruitment, and improvement throughout the corporate’s information, sports activities, and leisure companies, together with MSNBC and CNBC. At NBCUniversal, Kurdali was an svp of expertise technique and improvement for NBC Information and MSNBC.
Promotions at ABC Information: Almin Karamehmedovic, ABC Information president, introduced the elevation of 4 senior leaders within the New York headquarters and Washington, D.C., bureau. Jennifer Metz turns into govt producer, particular occasions and information specials planning. Along with her current function at World Information Tonight with David Muir, Metz may even plan and lead all ABC Information prearranged particular experiences. She experiences to Seni Tienabeso, vp of ABC Information Dwell and specialised models, and can work intently with WNT ep Chris Dinan and Karamehmedovic.
John Santucci was promoted to senior govt editorial producer and managing editor, investigative unit and strategic initiatives. Santucci will lead the Investigative Unit and assist information ABC Information’ collaboration throughout packages and platforms, working intently with ABC OTV investigative groups.
Katherine Faulders was named Washington, D.C., bureau managing editor. This newly created place will see Faulders assist drive protection of ABC Information’ Washington, D.C.-based reporting, the place she’ll assist handle the editorial groups whereas persevering with to report for all ABC Information packages and platforms. She experiences to Washington, D.C., bureau chief and vp Rick Klein.
Lastly, Ben Siegel is being promoted to deputy political director and coordinating producer. Additionally based mostly in D.C., he’ll report back to political director Averi Harper.
