NBC Names First ‘Digital Journalist’
Schiavocampo to Report for MSNBC.com’s The Daily Nightly, NBC Nightly News
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/9/2007 2:56:00 PM
NBC News named its first "digital journalist."
Mara Schiavocampo -- who had been free-lancing for a variety of outlets including ABC News Now, ABCNews.com, National Public Radio, Current TV and Yahoo, according to NBC -- was named a digital journalist for the network.
She will report -- including shooting, writing, and editing pieces -- primarily for MSNBC.com’s The Daily Nightly and about new media for NBC Nightly News.
An NBC News spokeswoman said the move did not necessarily herald a new category of digital journalist at the network, but she added that it was the first time the title, rather than "correspondent," had been bestowed.
ABC recently named a number of bureau chiefs and foreign correspondents who are shooting and reporting pieces, primarily for its digital platforms.
