Management Hires and Promotions of NABJ Members – 2020

The National Association of Black Journalists congratulates the many members who were hired for or promoted to executive and mid-level management positions in 2020. Some were hired to address huge historical disparities in the employment ranks. The list will be updated throughout the year.

BROADCAST

• Christopher Nelson, Managing Editor, Weekends at WGN America/News Nation Now
• Mitchell Smith – Executive Producer at WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham
• Shawana Perry – Executive Producer at Channel 6 ABC in Philadelphia
• Manuel Smith – Managing Editor at CBS Philly/CBS3 
• Duchesne Drew, President of Minnesota Public Radio 
• Travis Sattiewhite, Senior Manager of Broadcast Content, 41 Action News in Kansas City
• Andrea Parquet-Taylor – News Director at CBS LA 
• Calvin Sims – Executive Vice President, Standards and Practice at CNN
• Galen Gordon – Senior Vice President for Talent Strategy and Development at ABC
• Colin Evans – Weekend Daypart Executive Producer at ABC 7 Chicago
• Rashida Jones, President of MSNBC
• Delano Massey, Supervising Producer, Race & Equality/Justice teams at CNN
• Denisha Thomas, News Director at Local Memphis
• Ben Hart, President and General Manager of WJCL News
• Pearlena Igbokwe, Head of NBC Universal Studio
• Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, Vice President news programming and exec prod at Nickelodeon
• Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer at Comcast
• Channing Dungey, Chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group
• Sylvia Bugg, Chief Programming Executive at PBS
• Andrea Parquet-Taylor, News Director at CBS LA
• Jeff Johnson, Senior Producer at MSNBC
• Yoli Zama, Senior Director of Programming at NPR
• Porsha Grant, Executive Producer for Race and Culture at ABC
• Melony Roy, Interim News Director at WHYY News
• Bervette Carree, News Director at ABC11/WTVD-TV

DIGITAL

• Adrienne Samuels Gibbs, Deputy Editor at Medium
• Dawn Rhodes – Senior Editor at Block Club Chicago
• Ron Nixon – Global Investigations Editor at the Associated Press
• Adeshina Emmanuel – Editor-in-Chief at Injustice Watch
• Eric Barrow, Editor-in-Chief at Deadspin
• Tina Sturdevant, Director Talent Diversity & Inclusion at The Athletic
• Benet Wilson, Senior Credit Cards Editor at The Points Guy
• Johann Calhoun, Bureau Chief for Chalkbeat Philly
• Simone Oliver, Editor at Refinery29
• Chioma Nnadi, Editor at Vogue
• Carla Russo, Senior Editor-Breaking News at Huffington Post
• Glenn Reedus, Interim Editor and Publisher at the Chicago Reporter

PRINT/DIGITAL

• Reina Kempt – Sports Director at Louisville Courier Journal
• Nekesa Moody, Editorial Director at The Hollywood Reporter
• Rana Cash, USA Today Network Georgia Executive Editor; Savannah Morning News Director
• Jarvis DeBerry, Editor-in-Chief at States Newsroom for Baton Rouge, LA
• Cynthia Benjamin – Director of Audience Engagement and Trust at USA Today Network
• Carla Rivera – Deputy Editor of Investigations at L.A. Times
• Nikki Ogunnaike – Digital Director at Harper’s Bazaar
• Keith Bedford – Photo Editor at L.A. Times
• Kiki Monifa – Editor-in-Chief at Post News Group
• Asad Syrkett – Editor at Elle Decor
• Trey Williams – Asst. News Ed., Race and Equity at Kansas City Star
• Rochell Sleets – Director of Content at Chicago Tribune
• Michael Bolden – Director of Culture & Operations at San Francisco Chronicle 
• Greg Lee ,  Senior Assistant Managing Editor for Talent and Community at the Boston Globe  
• Dawn Davis, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appétit
• Kimbriell Kelly, Washington Bureau Chief for L.A. Times
• Anica Butler, Deputy Managing Editor of Local News at Boston Globe
• Kathy Chaney, Executive Producer, Daily News and Midwest Hub at YR Media
• Justin Madden, Senior Editor at The Sun News
• Priska Neely, Managing Editor of Gulf States Newsroom
• Ernest Owens, Editor-at-Large at Philadelphia Magazine
• Marlon Walker, Senior Editor at the Clarion Ledger
• Toni Tipton-Martin, Editor-in-Chief at Cooks Country
• Kyndell Harkness, Assistant Managing Editor for Diversity and Community, Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Tre’Vell Anderson, Editor-at-Large at Xtra Magazine
• Jameel Rush, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Philadelphia Inquirer
• Rick Christie, Editor at Palm Beach Post
• Clytie Bunyan, Interim Editor at the Oklahoman 
• Monica Richardson, Executive Editor at the Miami Herald
• Everdeen Mason – Editorial Director of Games at New York Times
• Kirkland Crawford – Sports Editor at Detroit Free Press

OTHER

• Shirley Carswell, Executive Director of Dow Jones Newspaper Fund
• James Blue, Head of Smithsonian Channel
• Lisa Matthews, 114th President-elect of the National Press Club