David Chalian, CNN‘s longtime political director, has been promoted to senior VP and Washington, DC bureau chief.
The appointment follows the departure of Sam Feist last summer. He has joined C-SPAN as CEO.
Chalian will remain as political director, which includes a frequent on-air presence, and oversee the D.C. bureau as well as Washington political news coverage. That includes live events such as political debates and town halls. Chalian led editorial direction for the Donald Trump-Joe Biden debate in June.
Chalian joined the network in 2013 and was named political director the next year. He previously served as vice president for video programming at Politico, and was Washington bureau chief for Yahoo News. He also was political editor and on-air analyst for PBS NewsHour, and political director for ABC News.
Other news organizations have made recent changes to their D.C. leadership ranks. Bill Sammon, a former top executive at Fox News, was named to a top news leadership post by Nexstar, where he will oversee Washington coverage for NewsNation and The Hill. ABC News recently tapped its political director, Rick Klein, to serve as its Washington, D.C. bureau chief, succeeding Jonathan Greenberger.
