Veteran Media Exec Nancy Han Rejoins CNN as SVP of Video Editorial
Nancy Han has returned to CNN, joining as senior VP of video editorial three years after she left when parent Warner Bros. Discovery shut down premium streaming service CNN+, for which she headed weekly programming.
In the new role, Han will lead CNN's video storytelling strategy, 'developing and implementing approaches that resonate with audiences' across linear, digital and mobile platforms, according to the news outlet. She will lead a new team comprising digital video and field producing teams that will produce original videos, remix and edit and optimize video assets from the outset of a story.
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Han will be 'essential in shaping how CNN reaches audiences with distinctive and timely video stories tailored for an evolving media landscape,' the network said in announcing her new appointment.
Han will be based out of CNN's New York bureau, reporting to EVP and executive editor Virginia Moseley with a dotted line to Alex MacCallum, EVP of digital products and services. She starts on Monday, March 24.
Han has more than 25 years of experience in digital media, streaming, broadcast and emerging technologies. She most recently was founder and principal at consulting firm Han Wapner Media, where she advised clients including CNN and TalkShopLive on digital strategies.
She returns to CNN after previously serving as VP of weekly programming at CNN+, where she led a team that created original programming for CNN's first direct-to-consumer streaming service. Prior to that, she was executive VP of news at NowThis Media, where she oversaw all editorial operations. Before NowThis, Han was a senior producer at 'CBS This Morning' and prior to that spent 11 years at ABC News.
Han started her career in local news in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in journalism; she has recently spent time at NYU as an adjunct professor, teaching undergraduate journalism courses.
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