Mosheh Oinounou
Born (1982-05-21) May 21, 1982 (age 41)
EducationB.A. George Washington University
OccupationMedia executive
Known forExecutive producer of CBS Evening News.
SpouseAlexandra Lauren Sall

Mosheh Oinounou (born May 21, 1982)[1] is an American media executive who most recently served as executive producer of CBS Evening News.

Biography

Oinounou was raised in Prairie View, Illinois and graduated from Stevenson High School.[2] He is a graduate of George Washington University where he received a BA in Political Communication and an MA in Security Policy Studies. He served as editor in chief of the school's biweekly newspaper, The GW Hatchet and was active in Hillel International.[3] He began his media career as a producer at Fox News Channel, initially for Fox News Sunday and later as the network's embedded producer traveling with the 2008 McCain presidential campaign. He later worked as an international editor at Bloomberg TV where he covered the great recession and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.[4]

In 2011 he joined CBS News as a senior producer on the team that helped launch [5] CBS This Morning and received a 2013 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.[6][4] He then helped to establish CBSN, CBS' digital streaming channel where he served as the launch executive producer.[5][7] In January 2018, he was promoted to executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor where he oversaw daily operations and news programming. During his tenure the broadcast was nominated for multiple Emmys and won a Murrow Award.[8] In May 2019, he announced he was departing CBS News.[9][10] He founded Mo Digital in 2020, consulting for media organizations on digital content strategy and programming.[11]

He is also the founder and president of Mo News, a news service initially launched on Instagram, devoted to curating, reporting and explaining the headlines.[12][13] In 2022, he launched the regular Mo News Podcast and the Mo Newsletter.[14] Oinounou addressed the lessons he has learned from Mo News, and how the mainstream media can improve public trust in a TedX Nashville talk in 2022.[15]

Personal life

In July 2021, he married Alexandra Lauren Sall.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Weekend Birthdays - Sunday (September 24, 2017) - CBS Interactive's executive producer, Mosheh Oinounou turns 35". Jewish Journal. May 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Robservations: New boss for 'CBS Evening News' hails from Prairie View - Robert Feder". www.robertfeder.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  3. ^ Simmons, Dan (June 21, 2018). "Hatchet-ing Up the Broadcast Ranks". GW Magazine.
  4. ^ a b "NYC Panel Event: Q+A with CBS News Executives". South Asian Journalists Association.
  5. ^ a b Steinberg, Brian (January 23, 2018). "Steve Capus Out as Top Producer at 'CBS Evening News'". Variety.
  6. ^ "Mosheh Oinounou named executive producer of the "CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor"". www.cbsnews.com. January 23, 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  7. ^ "New CBS newsmagazine promises immersive storytelling". National Post. July 30, 2017.
  8. ^ "CBS News appoints new leader for evening newscast". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on February 8, 2018.
  9. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (6 May 2019). "Norah O'Donnell will anchor 'CBS Evening News' as new boss seeks to rebuild its legacy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  10. ^ "With Glor Out and O'Donnell in, CBS Evening News Goes to Washington". Vanity Fair. 7 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Mosheh Oinounou". Mosheh Oinounou. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  12. ^ Fischer, Neal Rothschild,Sara. "Instagram morphs into an information powerhouse". Axios. Retrieved 2020-08-06.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Steinberg, Brian (2020-12-14). "Too Much Information? Former 'CBS Evening News' Producer Seeks Role as 'News Concierge'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  14. ^ Cohen, David (February 15, 2022). "Facebook News Stand-Alone Tab Debuts in France". Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  15. ^ "TEDxNashville | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  16. ^ Rosalie R., Radomsky (August 1, 2021). "A Night of Noshing Leads to Love on the Fast Track". The New York Times. p. ST12. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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