New roles: More than two years after her return to NCS, Alex MacCallum is taking up further duties as she was named the information community’s chief working officer. In a memo to staffers obtained by TVNewser, NCS CEO Mark Thompson mentioned MacCallum’s promotion comes as she has “already achieved an impressive set of critical accomplishments in record time.”
MacCallum was beforehand NCS’s govt vp of digital services, tasked with spearheading NCS’s suite of digital merchandise, which incorporates the launch of its All Access subscription product, the NCS Express FAST channel, and the community’s upcoming climate service.
In her new position, MacCallum, who fills the role vacated by David Leavy, will proceed to supervise the community’s product and digital income/operations group, in addition to non-editorial departments together with group technique, operations, mission-driven venture work, and strategic partnerships and enterprise growth.
NCS additionally introduced this week that Patrick Svitek is becoming a member of the community as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter. Joining from The Washington Post, Svitek shall be a part of NCS’s political workforce together with his protection specializing in the 2026 midterm races, main political tendencies, and the 2028 presidential contest.
Also becoming a member of NCS is Carolina Peguero as NCS en Español information correspondent based mostly in Miami. Peguero will cowl South Florida, the place financial and immigration insurance policies beneath the Trump administration proceed to form the area. She was beforehand a information anchor at TelevisaUnivision, contributing to each linear and streaming programming of Noticias Univision 24/7 on the digital information platform, VIX.
New appointments: ABC News introduced that Leslie Lopez would be the information outlet’s New York-based meteorologist, starting Friday, April 10. Lopez, who joins from KABC-TV, ABC’s O&O affiliate in Los Angeles, will work intently with ABC News’ workforce of meteorologists, together with Ginger Zee, Sam Champion, Lee Goldberg, Somara Theodore, and the ABC News Weather, Climate & Science Unit throughout the ABC News Group for all applications and platforms.
ABC News additionally named Jon Schlosberg the brand new govt producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Reporting to ABC News Washington bureau chief Rick Klein, Schlosberg will lead all points of the Sunday public affairs program, together with offering administration and editorial management. He may even oversee this system’s signature branded content material and related particular programming throughout the ABC community, Disney+, Hulu, and ABC News Live. Based in Washington, D.C., Schlosberg joins ABC News from the ABC O&O affiliate KGO-TV in San Francisco, the place he was a producer. He begins his new project on May 6.
Streaming oversight: Former ABC News New York bureau chief Joshua Hoyos is becoming a member of CBS News because the editorial director of its streaming channel CBS News 24/7. According to Business Insider, Hoyos will begin with the community on Monday, April 13, and report back to Robert Gifford, vp and managing editor of CBS News 24/7. Hoyos left ABC News in 2025, after it was revealed he was the topic of an HR investigation.
International project: CNBC introduced that Justina Lee would be the enterprise channel’s new Singapore-based reporter. Lee’s duties will embrace protecting Asia-Pacific’s monetary markets, reporting on shares, bonds, international trade, cryptocurrencies, and macroeconomics, and reacting to breaking information and advancing tales by means of evaluation and unique reporting. She was beforehand a breaking information earnings specialist at Bloomberg.
On-air contributors: Fox News introduced that former NASA astronaut Captain Butch Wilmore has been named a contributor on the community. Wilmore will present space-related evaluation throughout all community platforms.
Meanwhile, MS NOW named former White House official and retired Admiral John Kirby as a nationwide safety analyst for the community. Kriby made his first look for the community on Tuesday’s version of Morning Joe.