David Westin: “Comforter-In-Chief”

WNT EP Jon Banner says ABC News president David Westin has a role now he could never have envisioned a year ago: “comforter-in-chief.”
In this AP piece,Kayce Jennings also praises Westin, saying: “Aside from the emotional impact of this, he’s got this burden of running a news division at a time when it was just getting back its footing. His ability to do this while still doing everything he can for the family is just extraordinary.”

In an interview with David Bauder, Westin was reluctant to talk about his actions following the attack. He “said the key thing for him in these crisis situations is to keep it simple. Deal with the person involved and his family first, then set priorities. ‘You sort it out,’ he said. ‘It’s like triage.'”

> Good point: “Several people at ABC News said it was important that Westin sent frequent e-mails to the entire staff last Sunday whenever anything new was learned about what had happened to Woodruff.”