Chloe Arensberg will succeed Ken Strickland as NBC News‘ Washington bureau chief, a big change at the center of NBC’s coverage of the nation’s capital.
Strickland, who has overseen Washington news operations since 2012, will take on a new role as a senior vice president of editorial operations, working to manage the needs of bureaus and newsgathering. He will also assume direct leadership of field production operations in Washington. “This expanded role will have him spending more time in New York and across our bureaus, advising NBC News leadership, as well as Operations & Technology and Facilities,” said Rebecca Blumenstein, president of NBC News’ editorial operations, in a memo to staff. “I’ve also asked Ken to spearhead operations for major news and company-wide events, as well as help support the SpinCo transition. He will report to me.”
Arensberg has worked as deputy Washington chief for the past five years after a long tenure at CBS News. “During her last five years as Deputy Bureau Chief, Chloe has brought her sharp editorial expertise and field experience to deliver authoritative coverage, competitive scoops and breaking news,” Blumenstein said. ” In her new role, Chloe will report to Catherine Kim and David Verdi, shaping and executing the bureau’s strategic vision for Washington reporting while helping to ensure the newsroom is connected to newsgathering, our bureaus and enterprise editorial.”
Arensberg will become the only female Washington bureau chief among current mainstream TV-news operations. In recent years, she has supervised news coverage of federal indictments of President Trump and the government response to COVID-19, among other top news stories.
