‘CNN This Morning’ Taps Lauren Mensch, Chris Russell as Co-Executive Producers
thewrap.comwith Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell, leading coverage of some of the biggest stories of the last decade including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath of January 6th insurrection.
Additionally, she executive produced the Emmy-nominated CNN/Sesame Street Town Halls aimed at helping kids and families understand complicated news issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccinations, and race protests.
She was also the executive producer of CNN’s weekly primetime shows “The Van Jones Show” and “The Axe Files.” Mensch joined CNN in 2013 as senior producer for “New Day.“Prior to CNN, Mensch was a producer for the Emmy-nominated, nationally syndicated talk show “Anderson Live.” Russell will join CNN on March 13 from NewsNation, where he was the executive producer for “On Balance with Leland Vittert.” Previously, he was the senior executive producer at NBC Universal, overseeing the network’s daily lifestyle programming on Quibi.
Russell joined NBC from CBS, where as co-executive producer he built ET Live, a pop culture streaming service rooted in the Entertainment Tonight brand.
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