David Bohrman | |
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 Bohrman in 2011 | |
| Born | April 30, 1954 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 2023 (aged 69) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, BS) Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MS) |
| Occupation | Media executive |
| Notable credit(s) | World News Now (ABC News) The Site (MSNBC) Imus in the Morning (TV version) The Moneyline NewsHour PseudoCenter (Pseudo.com) TechLive (Tech TV) NewsNight with Aaron Brown (CNN) Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (CNN) State of the Union (CNN) John King, USA (CNN) |
| Spouse | Catherine Leuchs |
| Children | 2 |
David Bohrman (April 30, 1954 – June 25, 2023) was an American news executive, working in network television news, cable news, new media, internet, convergence, and consulting. Bohrman created almost a dozen new TV news programs at ABC News, NBC News (MSNBC), CNN, and TechTV.
Bohrman served as senior vice president and the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for CNN. In this role, Bohrman oversaw newsgathering, political coverage and programming for the Washington bureau and all special events for CNN globally. In early 2011, he then became the chief innovation officer for CNN Worldwide.
Bohrman was the former president of Current TV, the network created by Al Gore and his partners. The network was sold to Al Jazeera in 2013.
Bohrman was president of The Bohrman Group, LLC, consulting to major media companies, new media companies, and digital ventures. His principal client for the 2016 election year was NBC News and MSNBC, where he helped lead a top-to-bottom redesign of those networks' election coverage.[1] In 2019 he was brought to CBS News to oversee election live coverage, and was the executive producer of their coverage of the 2020 elections.[2]