Derek Schnell has been promoted to regional director of stories for Hearst Tv.
Schnell has been the information director at KCRA and KQCA in Sacramento since 2018. He’ll proceed to function KCRA/KQCA information director.
In his new place, Schnell could have administration oversight for the information operations of the corporate’s California stations, KCRA/KQCA and KSBW, the NBC affiliate within the Monterey-Salinas market, and its Albuquerque, New Mexico, ABC affiliate, KOAT. He will even be extra actively concerned within the firm’s groupwide information initiatives.
“Derek has confirmed in each function he’s assumed for us that he’s a pure chief with a artistic and revolutionary thoughts,” stated Barbara Maushard, Hearst Tv senior vp & chief content material officer, information. “By way of newscast growth, particular multiplatform programming, engagement with technological advances and his dedication to journalistic excellence, Derek has additional outlined the Hearst Sacramento duopoly because the market chief. He’ll proceed to encourage colleagues as he takes on added obligations. It’s a pure evolution for Derek and our staff.”
Schnell has spent his whole skilled profession at Hearst Tv, from intern to information director. After an investigative internship at KETV in Omaha, Schnell joined KOCO as a producer earlier than changing into an govt producer. He later moved to KMBC and KCWE in Kansas Metropolis, the place he served as an govt producer, becoming a member of KCRA/KQCA in the identical capability earlier than being elevated to assistant information director and information director.
Schnell began his journalism profession at KOMU, the university-owned NBC affiliate in Columbia as a scholar on the College of Missouri.
