WNYW assistant news director Emad Asghar has been promoted to vice president and news director for the New York Fox owned stations.
“Emad has been the backbone of our news operation for the last 16+ years, when he joined Fox 5 as the Executive Producer of “Good Day New York,” before moving to Managing Editor in 2009 and Assistant News Director in 2011,” station svp and gm Lew Leone told staff in an email. “Emad’s knowledge of the Tristate market from transit to crime to politics, along with his innate news sensibility, judgement and integrity make him the perfect choice to lead us forward. Emad has big plans for the expansion of our news operation as we continue to grow our linear and digital offerings.”
Asghar joined Fox 5 in 2008.
Before working at Fox 5, Asghar was at WPIX as executive producer of the CW11/WPIX Morning News and at WCBS as managing editor.
