Joelle Martinez Named CBS News West Coast Bureau Chief
deadline.comCBS News has tapped Joelle Martinez, most recently at Vice News, as its new West Coast bureau chief.Martinez will start on April 4 and report to Terri Stewart, senior vice president and national executive editor for the network.
Mark Lima had been West Coast bureau chief, but was named to vice president and Washington bureau chief In January.Martinez will oversee newsgathering for the western region.
She most recently was deputy bureau chief for Vice News in Los Angeles, where she coordinated coverage of the protests following the murder of George Floyd, as well as demonstrations in Portland and Seattle.
She managed the Vice team that contributed to Vice News Tonight, Vice TV and Vice on Showtime. She previously served as producer for HBO’s Vice News Tonight, and also spend more than 12 years at MSNBC in New York.
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