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☆ Veteran CNN executive Sam Feist named C-SPAN chief executive
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sam Feist, CNN’s longtime Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, is departing the network to lead the nonprofit public affairs channel C-SPAN, the networks announced Tuesday. Feist has been an integral part of CNN’s Washington operations for nearly two decades, previously serving as CNN’s political director and vice president of Washington programming, coordinating all faces of CNN’s political coverage and election nights, including declaring winners. In a memo to staff, CNN Chief Executive Mark Thompson called Feist a “CNN institution” and “one of the best connected journalists in Washington.”“In my short time at CNN, I have come to know and appreciate Sam’s passion for CNN, for our people and for political journalism and will miss his good counsel,” Thompson said. Feist will become the third chief executive in C-SPAN’s history, the nonprofit public affairs network said. Calling C-SPAN “an American treasure,” Feist said “our democracy needs C-SPAN now more than ever.”“I look forward to working with C-SPAN’s extraordinary and dedicated team to expand the network’s reach and meet new audiences where they are,” he said.

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☆ David Bohrman: Former CNN executive, pioneer of the 'Magic Wall,' dead at 69
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Juliana Liu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —David Bohrman, a former veteran CNN producer and executive who pioneered the use of the “Magic Wall,” died Sunday following complications after hip surgery, according to his family. He joined CNN in 1998 and later became the network’s Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. In 2004, it was his idea to anchor CNN’s election coverage from the floor of party conventions. Four years later, he implemented the Magic Wall, a touchscreen display featuring up-to-date voting data on election nights, which is now a staple of CNN’s election coverage and commonly used by other broadcasters. “His decision to take then just emerging touch-screen technology and integrate [it] into our 2008 election coverage was nothing short of revolutionary.

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