Paula Reid is transferring to MS NOW because the outlet’s new chief White Home reporter, a transfer that has been anticipated since her exit from CNN was revealed in July.
She joins the staff on the Versant-supported information web site at a really opportune time. The nation is simply days away from essential midterm elections. Reid’s first day is Thursday, in line with a memo despatched by Sudeep Reddy, MS NOW’s Washington bureau chief.
“On this position, Paula will carry deep expertise to protecting the administration, function a key spokesperson in MS NOW’s Washington bureau, and assist lead our newsroom’s investigative and enterprise journalism,” the manager mentioned. Reid is anticipated to work intently with Scott Foster, who heads the MS NOW unit on the White Home, in addition to reporters Vaughn Hillyard, Laura Barrón-López, Jake Traylor, Akayla Gardner and a staff of producers and photographers.
Reid most not too long ago served as CNN’s chief authorized affairs correspondent, protecting the Justice Division, main federal investigations and the Supreme Courtroom. She additionally generally served as a fill-in presenter. Earlier than becoming a member of CNN, Reid spent greater than a decade at CBS Information, the place she labored on the community’s investigative and authorized reporting groups, then lined the Justice Division earlier than being named a White Home correspondent.
Reid turned down an opportunity to resume his contract at CNN, in line with two individuals conversant in the matter, partially due to uncertainty over what’s going to occur subsequent on the information large, not too long ago positioned below the management of a brand new mum or dad firm, Skydance. MS NOW, in the meantime, has positioned a higher emphasis on information and enterprise journalism below the management of its president, Rebecca Kutler.
Reid is the most recent in a string of skilled journalists to hitch MS NOW, together with Peter Alexander, Eugene Daniels and David Rohde.