The NCAA college basketball tournament begins today, and with it comes the start of the 2014 TVNewser Bracket Challenge. Once again, some of of the best and brightest on-air and behind-the-scenes names in TV news compete to be the last one standing. 2013’s winner, “CBS This Morning” EP Chris Licht, is back to defend his crown. Here’s who he’s up against:
Team ABC:
Gio Benitez, Correspondent
Rick Klein, Political Director
Sandy Cannold, EP/Senior Business Editor
Team Bloomberg:
Matt Miller, Auto and Aviation Reporter, Bloomberg TV
Team CBS News:
Chris Licht, VP, Programming/EP, “CBS This Morning”
Norah O’Donnell, Anchor, “CBS This Morning”
Greg Bracco, Broadcast Graphics
Team CNBC:
Joe Kernen, Anchor, “Squawk Box”
Becky Quick, Anchor, “Squawk Box”
Brian Sullivan, Anchor, “Street Signs”
Tyler Mathisen, Anchor, “Power Lunch”
Dominic Chu, Markets Reporter
Gary Schreier, EP, “Closing Bell”
Matt Quayle, EP, “Squawk Box” and “Squawk on the Street”
Todd Bonin, Executive Producer
Jake Novak, Supervising Producer
Shannan Siemens, Senior Producer, “Fast Money Halftime Report”
Paul McNamara, California Bureau Chief
Brian Steel, SVP Public Relations
Team CNN:
Don Lemon, Anchor
Brooke Baldwin, Anchor
Carol Costello, Anchor
Joe Johns, Senior Washington Correspondent
Erin McPike, Correspondent
Chad Myers, Meteorologist
Janelle Rodriguez, VP Programming
Rob Kirkpatrick, Supervisor, CNN Newsource
Team Fox News/Fox Business
Steve Doocy, Co-host, “Fox and Friends”
Martha MacCallum, Anchor, “America’s Newsroom”
Rick Leventhal, Senior Correspondent
Rich Edson, Washington Correspondent, FBN
Martin Hill, Senior Copy Editor, “Special Report with Bret Baier”
Greg Hand, Associate Producer, FNC
Team NBC/MSNBC:
Betsy Fischer, Senior EP Political Programming, NBC
Touré, Co-Host, “The Cycle”
Steve Kornacki, Anchor, “Up with Steve Kornacki”
Bill Karins, Meteorologist
Bill Wolff, Primetime VP/EP, “The Rachel Maddow Show”
Steve Friedman, EP, “The Cycle”
Team PBS:
Ty West, Program Executive, “Charlie Rose: The Week”
Team TVNewser:
Jordan Chariton, Editor, TVNewser and Lost Remote