CBS News has named Kim Harvey as the new executive producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS, it was announced today by Tom Cibrowski, president and executive editor of CBS News.
Harvey is the second woman to helm the CBS EVENING NEWS, America’s longest-running nightly newscast. The broadcast was originally launched in 1948 as CBS TV NEWS and has marked 77 years on the airwaves.
“Kim brings a sharp news sense and terrific track record of producing from across the broadcast and cable networks. She is a well respected newsroom leader and her relationships with our on-air talent, producers and reporters run deep,” said Cibrowski. “Her career at the CBS EVENING NEWS makes her the ideal candidate and I’m pleased to continue working with her on showcasing our extraordinary reporting and storytelling every night.”
“It’s a great honor to be entrusted with this role after nearly a decade working at the EVENING NEWS, beginning as a producer,” Harvey said. “I have great respect and admiration for those who steered this broadcast before me, and I am grateful to Tom and the team for their support. I look forward to leading our incredible group of journalists as we deliver the latest news, original reporting and memorable stories to our audience every night.”
Harvey is a veteran broadcast and cable news journalist with 25 years of experience producing at CBS News, MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. She has produced breaking and live news coverage ranging from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, presidential elections, and numerous natural disasters. Most recently, she covered the funeral of Pope Francis from Rome.
Harvey has spent her entire CBS News career at the CBS EVENING NEWS, rising through the ranks from producer, senior producer to senior broadcast producer before taking on the top role. During her tenure at the broadcast, Harvey has produced for anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, Norah O’Donnell and Jeff Glor. She has also produced for virtually every CBS News national correspondent. She joined CBS News in 2017.
As a longtime senior producer for the CBS EVENING NEWS, Harvey led coverage of the catastrophic flooding in Texas and tragedy at Camp Mystic, and the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. She has field-produced hurricane coverage of category five storms Irma, Michael and Dorian. Harvey also covered mass shootings at the El Paso Walmart, Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. She has spent significant time on the campaign trail and produced stories for O’Donnell around the CBS News South Carolina Democratic debate in 2020.
In addition to her broadcast career, Harvey has an impressive cable news background, having spent 16 years in editorial and production at the three leading networks: MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. Harvey was part of the team that launched MSNBC’s #1 program, “The Rachel Maddow Show” (2008) and its panel-driven news and opinion show, “All in With Chris Hayes” (2013). She was also a senior producer for the network’s presidential town halls, “Decision 2016” which featured Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Gov. John Kasich.
Harvey began her television career at CNN as a video journalist at the network's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She was soon promoted to associate producer, where she worked for “The Point with Greta Van Susteren” and “American Morning” with Paula Zahn. After several years at CNN, Harvey worked at Fox News where she produced for the #1 primetime program “The O’Reilly Factor,” as well as “Fox News Live.”.
Throughout her career, Harvey has earned multiple awards and nominations. She was recognized with an Emmy for “All in With Chris Hayes” for a report on poverty in America and “The Rachel Maddow Show” for Maddow’s reporting from Afghanistan. She was honored with an NABJ award for the CBS EVENING NEWS and its “Eye on America” segment about racial disparities in heart disease risk and care.
Harvey has a B.A. in Journalism from Ithaca College. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.
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