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Claire Day, a 23-year seasoned of CBS News who has served arsenic London bureau main since May, is leaving nan network.
The move comes arsenic nan web is readying a caller activity building for its world coverage, pinch nan preamble of a overseas editor role, CBS News president and executive editor Tom Cibrowski wrote successful a memo to employees.
Shayndi Rice, lawman bureau main for nan Middle East and North Africa for The Wall Street Journal, is expected to beryllium named to nan caller role, according to a root acquainted pinch nan matter. Breaker Media reported past week connected nan hire.
“Our London Bureau will beryllium moving to a caller editorial activity structure, pinch nan preamble of a Foreign Editor domiciled overseeing each world coverage. As portion of this transition, it has been mutually agreed that Claire Day will time off america connected May 1st,” Cibrowski wrote successful nan memo.
He wrote, “Claire has been an advocator for courageous stories, an master astatine analyzable logistics and a awesome partner to teams crossed nan full news division. Her activity made a quality for CBS News.”
Day joined nan web successful 2002 and, earlier her promotion past year, was lawman bureau main and head of news assignments. She was nominated for Emmy Awards for nan network’s sum of Israel, sum of nan coronation of King Charles, and arsenic portion of the CBS Evening News team.
Her departure is nan latest alteration astatine nan web nether caller owners Paramount-Skydance and editor successful main Bari Weiss. The web has gone done 2 rounds of layoffs nether nan caller ownership.
Rice, who is based successful Israel, helps complete spot and negociate sum of reporters successful nan region, per nan Journal. She antecedently was based successful Chicago, wherever she was a newsman and later Midwest bureau chief. She besides has covered tech companies, among different assignments.
