New chief in town: MSNBC has found a new leader for its soon-to-be operational Washington, D.C. office, naming Sudeep Reddy as bureau chief. Reddy begins his new role on Monday, June 16, and was previously the senior managing editor at Politico. He will report to Scott Matthews, who is overseeing MSNBC’s newsgathering rebuild as it separates itself from the NBC News Group and becomes part of the Versant family.
@msnbc.com is honored to welcome Sudeep Reddy (@sudeepreddy.bsky.social) as the network’s Washington Bureau Chief. In his role, Sudeep will be charged with leading MSNBC’s D.C.-based newsgathering operation, including building a team of reporters to cover every corner of the nation’s capital.
— MSNBC Public Relations (@msnbcpr.bsky.social) May 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Exit This Week: This Week with George Stephanopoulos executive producer Brooke Brower has stepped down from overseeing ABC News’ Sunday public affairs program. Before rejoining ABC News in May 2023, Brower spent nearly seven years as the managing editor for CNN Politics.
New D.C. addition: CNN announced that Nooman Merchant will join the network as the supervising editor for politics based in Washington, D.C. Merchant was previously with the Associated Press as U.S. politics editor.
Nomaan Merchant has joined CNN as Supervising Editor for Politics. Welcome, @NomaanMerchant! pic.twitter.com/s602NdCr3J
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) May 15, 2025
CNN also announced that Asia Pacific office head Ellana Lee has been elevated to the newly-created global role of group senior vice president, general manager APAC, and global head of productions. In addition to her existing editorial responsibilities, Lee will lead a team focused on developing and producing sponsored content across all platforms and oversee the creation of new roles in the United States.
CBS News departures: CBS News has confirmed the exit of Andre Rodriguez, who led the network’s northeast bureau in New York; Maryhelen Campa, the southern bureau’s lead in Dallas; and Chad Cross, senior vice president of the network’s beats and enterprise unit. Their departures were part of CBS News’ internal organizational changes to centralize its news gathering process and were not associated with Paramount Global’s impending merger with Skydance Media.
