Stacia Philips Deshishku has been promoted to the newly created executive editor and senior vice president position starting today.
- In her new role Deshishku will lead the editorial, strategic and creative cross-platform direction across the news division.
- Deshishku will also collaborate with the leaders of:
- Good Morning America
- World News Tonight with David Muir
- The View
- This Week with George Stephanopoulos
- 20/20
- Tamron Hall
- Nightline
- She will also work on bookings and integrated content strategy to shepherd ABC News’ continuing evolution and remain the #1 news network.
- Deshishku steps into this role after leading our ABC Audio team for nearly three years as vice president and general manager.
- There, Deshishku’s leadership and journalistic skills helped re-brand ABC Radio to ABC Audio within six months of her appointment.
- She spearheaded new business opportunities, including growing its award-winning podcast library and designing a suite of digital audio, text and video businesses.
- During her tenure ABC Audio won a groundbreaking five Edward R. Murrow Awards in 2021, including Overall Excellence, Breaking News Coverage, Continuing Coverage, News Series, and Investigative Reporting.
- Radio Ink Magazine also named Deshishku one of the “Most Influential Women in Radio” in both 2020 and 2021.
- Prior to Audio, Deshishku was the ABC News Washington DC deputy bureau chief for five years. She helped to transform the bureau and position it to successfully tackle a non-stop political news cycle.
- Prior to joining ABC, Stacia reported on some of the biggest domestic and international stories while serving as CNN’s director of coverage.
- She was the manager of political coverage during the 2000 election and later led CNN’s White House unit.
- She also spent a number of years leading CNN’s breaking news coverage, which included its Peabody Award-winning Hurricane Katrina coverage.