Steve Capus

Steve Capus is the current president of NBC News.

Steve Capus was born in 1963. He graduated from William Tennent High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania and went on to attendTemple University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1986. Capus began his journalism career in radio and print, working at several stations and daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. He worked at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1986, and became an executive producer with KYW-TV in Philadelphia in 1990. Capus moved to Charlotte, N.C. in 1993, joining the NBC News team as the senior producer of "NBC Nightside", an overnight news program.

Capus then continued his career with NBC in Manhattan. During this time, he was the broadcast producer of "NBC News Sunrise" and then the supervising producer for Today. From 1997 to May 2001, Capus was the executive producer of MSNBC’s The News with Brian Williams. He was also the executive producer of numerous NBC News breaking reports and MSNBC special broadcasts. Among them were the 2000 presidential primaries and election, the “Summit in Silicon Valley” with Tom Brokaw and the political series 100 Days, 1000 Voices.

Capus was the executive producer of NBC Nightly News from May 2001 to June 2005. During this time, Capus was the executive producer for NBC News' coverage of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and the "Decision 2002-2004" political coverage. Capus was then promoted to senior vice president of NBC News.

In November 2005, Capus was named president of NBC News. Capus has served as the arbiter of issues involving ethics, style, standards, safety and other matters that affect the Division’s journalistic bearing. Capus reports to Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal.

Capus has received criticism for many decisions he has had to make throughout his career - especially for those made during his time as NBC News president. He has stated that it is his job to try to balance conflicting opinions and to come to the decision that he believes is the right one. Capus has also received numerous awards throughout his career, including four Emmy Awards, six Edward R. Murrow Awards, one Alfred I. duPont and six National Headliner Awards.

Capus' wife is Dateline NBC special segment producer Sophia Faskianos. They have two sons. Capus also has a daughter from a previous marriage.

External links

* [http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/news-20051129000000-nbcnewsannouncemen.html NBC News announcement of Steve Capus's promotion to president]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2loTQsLIIHM Video critical of Steve Capus and NBC News handling of the Cho Seung-hui materials]
* [http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/depts/journalism/guestspeakers/capus/ Ithaca College's Department of Journalism Program describing Steve Capus when he was a speaker]
* [http://www.nbcuni.com/About_NBC_Universal/Executive_Bios/capus_steve.shtml NBC Executive bio of Steve Capus]