Mark Whitaker

Mark Whitaker (born September 7, 1957^[1]) is Executive Vice President and managing editor for CNN Worldwide ^[2]. He was previously Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News, succeeding Tim Russert after his fatal heart attack in June 2008. He oversees all Washington-based reporting and production for NBC and MSNBC, has executive responsibility for "Meet the Press" and supervises the network's election and political coverage, in addition to appearing as an on-air analyst. Before moving to Washington, he served as chief deputy to NBC News President Steve Capus in New York.

Before joining NBC in 2007, Whitaker was the Editor of Newsweek, the first African-American to lead a national news magazine. While he ran the magazine, from 1998 until 2006, it won four National Magazine Awards--for coverage of 9/11, the Iraq War, the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the 2004 elections. From 2004 to 2006, Whitaker served as President of the American Society of Magazine Editors.

In October 2006, Whitaker was appointed Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of New Ventures of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the digital division of the Washington Post Company.

Whitaker graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Social Studies from Harvard College in 1979, where he served on the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson. He received a Marshall Scholarship and studied International Relations at Oxford University's Balliol College from 1979 until 1981.

Whitaker was named one of Essence magazine's most 25 influential African-Americans for 2008.

Whitaker is married to Alexis Gelber, a former long-time editor at Newsweek. They have two children, Rachel and Matthew.

References

1. ^ Mark Whitaker (2011-10-14). "CNN Red Chair Interview: Mark Whitaker". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/10/14/red-chair-mark-whitaker.cnn. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 
2. ^ "CNN names Whitaker managing editor – CNN Press Room". CNN. http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/28/mark-whitaker-named-managing-editor-of-cnn-worldwide/. 

External links

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• "Mark Whitaker Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and Senior Vice President, NBC News". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26408904/. 
• Ex-Newsweek Editor to Join NBC as a Senior Vice President
• Mark Whitaker Elected President of American Society of Magazine Editors
• So What Do You Do, Mark Whitaker?
• Newsweek Names Editor, And Promotes 2 Others
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2008_Nov_13/ai_n31002708

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