CBS Names Senior Political Editor For Web & Deputy Political Director For TV

“CBS News and its Web site are making personnel shifts that reflect increasing momentum toward the 2008 presidential elections,” TV Week reports.

Vaughn Ververs, the editor of Public Eye, is becoming the senior political editor for CBSNews.com. “Taking charge of political coverage and planning for CBSNews.com is a challenge that allows me to combine my past experience covering political campaigns with the knowledge and insight I’ve gained from looking at the evolution of our industry over the past two years,” Ververs blogs.

Brian Montopoli will succeed Ververs as the editor of Public Eye.

Also, producer Steve Chaggaris, “who has been involved in producing political coverage for CBS News for the past seven years,” is becoming deputy political director.