Shayndi Raice, a longtime reporter and editorial executive at The Wall Street Journal, is expected to be named foreign editor at CBS News, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A CBS News spokesperson declined to comment. But in a memo that circulated Monday, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski informed staffers that Claire Day, the executive who oversees the Paramount unit’s London bureau, was leaving. Raice is expected to be based in London.
“Our London Bureau will be moving to a new editorial leadership structure, with the introduction of a Foreign Editor role overseeing all international coverage,” Cibrowski wrote. “As part of this transition, it has been mutually agreed that Claire Day will leave us on May 1st.”
Raice currently servs as deputy bureau chief for the Middle East and North Africa for the Journal and is based in Israel. She helps manage a team of reporters spread throughout the greater Middle East while also doing her own does her own reporting. She joined Journal as a telecom reporter in 2010 after an internship at Dow Jones Newswires, and also has reported from Chicago and London and reported on finance and technology.
Bari Weiss, editor in chief at CBS News, is known to have a special interest in Israeli and Middle East affairs, and her selection of Raice to supervise all foreign coverage would suggest that focus will continue. Weiss has also been working to overhaul CBS News, which has gone through rounds of layoffs since its parent company was acquired by David Ellison’s Skydance.
“Since joining CBS News in 2002, Claire has been integral to our coverage of virtually every major international news event of our time, from war zones around the world to important leadership changes across the globe and of course, royal weddings,” Cibrowski said in his memo. “Throughout, she’s been dedicated to the craft of storytelling. She’s also relentlessly focused on the safety and well-being of our people in the field and has been a fierce supporter of the team always. Claire has been an advocate for courageous stories, an expert at complicated logistics and a wonderful partner to teams across the entire news division. Her work made a difference for CBS News.”
Leave a Reply