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NBC News Digital Hiring Spree Continues

Latest round includes a White House digital reporter

February 21, 2017

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Alongside CNN, another TV operation that continues to aggressively expand its digital ranks is NBC News. We wrote last month about a bunch of hires there, and today, there is official word of more.

Here’s the memo from NBC News Digital executive editor Catherine Kim:

Hi all,

We have some new faces in the newsroom today–exciting additions to the team–who will further help NBC News Digital build, grow and lead.

Gregg Birnbaum joins us as politics editor for NBC News Digital and will be based in New York.