PBS NewsHour Welcomes Stephanie Kotuby as Senior Editorial Producer

Washington, DC (May 5, 2015) — The PBS NewsHour welcomes Stephanie Kotuby in the newly created role of Senior Editorial Producer. In this capacity, Kotuby will be an integral part of the senior team and take part in planning and producing a variety of editorial segments for broadcast and online.

“I am delighted to welcome Stephanie Kotuby to the NewsHour in this key role,” said NewsHour Executive Producer Sara Just. “Stephanie will join forces with our accomplished beat producers and reporters, and expand our ability to identify and secure the most insightful and newsmaking interviews.”

Kotuby joins NewsHour from Bloomberg, where she was part of the politics team and served as a booker for “With All Due Respect.” Prior to that, she was with CNN where she led booking efforts for “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” as well as special event coverage for the elections in 2010 and 2012. In addition to deep experience covering politics, Kotuby has covered a wide range of major world stories, including the death of Osama bin Laden, the Boston Marathon bombings, Hurricane Katrina, and the Virginia Tech shooting.

“I have long admired the PBS NewsHour for being an industry leader in providing accurate, unbiased and responsible coverage of the most important stories in the United States and around the world,” said Kotuby. “This is such an exciting time at NewsHour and I’m honored to join Gwen Ifill, Judy Woodruff, Sara Just and the rest of this team of highly respected journalists.”

Kotuby was part of CNN’s team that won an Emmy for coverage for the 2012 election and Peabody Awards for coverage of the Arab Spring, the Gulf oil spill and the 2008 presidential primary campaign and debates, and is the recipient of a DuPont award for CNN’s coverage of the Tsunami in South Asia.

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