By Kevin McCauley
Yahoo has hired Steve Chaggaris, ex-political director of CBS News, as executive producer.
Beginning Jan. 3, Chaggaris will plan coverage of the presidential primaries, Republican and Democratic conventions and Election Day.
He will be based in Washington and report to Dave Chalian, bureau chief for Yahoo News.
At CBS, Chaggaris handled the CBS News political unit and contributed on-air analysis for TV and radio as well as stories for cbs.com.
Most recently, he was VP-cable news for TBD.com, the local news website of Allbritton Communications and assisted in the re-launch of NewsChannel 8, a 24-hour local cable channel, as TBD-TV in D.C. |