Federico Quadrani to Executive
Produce Jake Tapper’s New CNN Program
The 4 p.m. program anchored by Tapper to launch in
March
Federico Quadrani will join CNN as the executive producer of the
network’s new Washington
program anchored by Jake Tapper, it was announced today by Sam Feist,
CNN Washington bureau chief and senior vice president. Quadrani, who joins CNN
from MSNBC later this month, will work on the development of the new 4 p.m.
program set to debut this March.
“Federico’s talent for story
development and live production will be a perfect fit for Jake’s new program,”
said Feist. “Federico’s track record with both network news programs and
Washington-based cable news programs make him a terrific addition to CNN as we
enter into an exciting time for the network.”
“I’m thrilled to have Federico join
me in leading our new team,” said Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and chief Washington
correspondent. “In recent years he’s produced incisive political coverage, but
his diverse news background is equally important. From his Peabody award-winning live coverage of 9/11
in the ABC News control room through his days producing textured taped pieces
and remarkable live shots at NBC’s Today, Federico has built a
reputation for finding great American stories and creating compelling content.
His voice will help us build the informative, engaging and provocative program
we want this to be.”
In 2009, Quadrani joined MSNBC, where
he served as executive producer of weekend programming—responsible for breaking
news and weekend content. Later he served as executive producer of The
Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd. Currently, Quadrani is the executive
producer of Jansing & Company.
Prior to MSNBC, Quadrani worked as an
Emmy-winning producer for NBC’s Today show from 2003 to 2009, in various
roles from senior graphics producer to supervising producer. He created and
supervised all aspects of various news segments such as: Today at the
Vatican and Where in the World is Matt Lauer? Prior to NBC,
Quadrani worked as a writer at ABC’s Good Morning America from 1998 to
2003. His work contributed to the program’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of
the September 11, 2001 attacks. In addition, during his ABC tenure, he worked
on Early Morning News and World News Now. Quadrani started his
career in 1997 as a writer for WNBC-TV in New York.
He earned a bachelor of arts degree
in English from Wesleyan
University and was a
directing fellow at the American Film Institute. Quadrani was raised in New York City and Rome,
Italy, and is
fluent in Italian.
Tapper recently
joined CNN in January; his one-hour weekday program will debut in the network’s
4 p.m. hour in March. The program title and format details will follow in the
coming days.
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3 comments:
Very much looking forward to this program! Hopefully it will be fairly promoted unlike Early Start and Starting Point were. 4:00PM is a great hour for his show. I think Kate Bolduan should get the 5:00PM hour and have Wolf Blitzer anchor two hours from 6:00PM through 8:00PM.
It premiers next month? CNN better get to advertising it ASAP.
By the way, any word on CNN's State of the Union coverage?
CNN is running a promo saying that the show will be called The Lead. The claim is that it will be the big story of the day. It could be sports, culture, whatever. The Lead has it covered. Sounds interesting but does CNN really mean it.
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