Mosheh Oinounou Explained

Birth Date:21 May 1982
Education:B.A. George Washington University
Known For:Executive producer of CBS Evening News.
Spouse:Alexandra Lauren Sall
Occupation:Media executive

Mosheh Oinounou (born May 21, 1982)[1] is an American media executive who most recently served as executive producer of CBS Evening News.

Biography

Oinounou was raised in Prairie View, Illinois in a Jewish family. He graduated from Stevenson High School.[2]

OInounou, known as Mosh or Mo,[3] is a graduate of George Washington University where he received a BA in Political Communication and an MA in Security Policy Studies. He served as editor in chief of the school's biweekly newspaper, The GW Hatchet and was active in Hillel International.[4] He began his media career as a producer at Fox News Channel, initially for Fox News Sunday and later as the network's embedded producer traveling with the 2008 McCain presidential campaign. He later worked as an international editor at Bloomberg TV where he covered the great recession and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.[5]

In 2011 he joined CBS News as a senior producer on the team that helped launch [6] CBS This Morning and received a 2013 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.[7] He then helped to establish CBSN, CBS' digital streaming channel where he served as the launch executive producer.[8] In January 2018, he was promoted to executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor where he oversaw daily operations and news programming. During his tenure the broadcast was nominated for multiple Emmys and won a Murrow Award.[9] In May 2019, he announced he was departing CBS News.[10] [11] He founded Mo Digital in 2020, consulting for media organizations on digital content strategy and programming.[12]

He is also the founder and president of Mo News, a news service initially launched on Instagram, devoted to curating, reporting and explaining the headlines.[13] [14] In 2022, he launched the regular Mo News Podcast and the Mo Newsletter.[15] Oinounou addressed the lessons he has learned from Mo News, and how the mainstream media can improve public trust in a TedX Nashville talk in 2022.[16]

Personal life

In July 2021, he married Alexandra Lauren Sall. A college friend, Rabbi Jonah Zinn, officiated.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weekend Birthdays - Sunday (September 24, 2017) - CBS Interactive's executive producer, Mosheh Oinounou turns 35. Jewish Journal. May 17, 2017.
  2. Web site: Robservations: New boss for 'CBS Evening News' hails from Prairie View - Robert Feder. 2021-05-28. www.robertfeder.com.
  3. Web site: About . 2024-02-22 . Mosheh Oinounou . en-US.
  4. Web site: Simmons. Dan. June 21, 2018. Hatchet-ing Up the Broadcast Ranks. GW Magazine.
  5. Web site: NYC Panel Event: Q+A with CBS News Executives . South Asian Journalists Association.
  6. Web site: Steinberg . Brian . Steve Capus Out as Top Producer at 'CBS Evening News' . Variety. January 23, 2018 .
  7. Web site: Mosheh Oinounou named executive producer of the "CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor". January 23, 2018. www.cbsnews.com. en. 2019-05-23.
  8. Web site: New CBS newsmagazine promises immersive storytelling. National Post. July 30, 2017.
  9. Web site: CBS News appoints new leader for evening newscast. Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004228/http://www.latimes.com/sns-bc-us--tv-cbs-news-oinounou-20180123-story.html . dead . February 8, 2018 .
  10. Web site: Battaglio. Stephen. Norah O'Donnell will anchor 'CBS Evening News' as new boss seeks to rebuild its legacy. 2019-05-13. Los Angeles Times. 6 May 2019.
  11. Web site: With Glor Out and O'Donnell in, CBS Evening News Goes to Washington. . 7 May 2019.
  12. Web site: Mosheh Oinounou. 2021-03-04. Mosheh Oinounou. en-US.
  13. Web site: Fischer. Neal Rothschild, Sara. Instagram morphs into an information powerhouse. 2020-08-06. Axios. en.
  14. Web site: Steinberg. Brian. 2020-12-14. Too Much Information? Former 'CBS Evening News' Producer Seeks Role as 'News Concierge'. 2020-12-16. Variety. en-US.
  15. Web site: Cohen . David . February 15, 2022 . Facebook News Stand-Alone Tab Debuts in France . 2022-03-12 . en-US.
  16. Web site: TEDxNashville TED . 2024-01-03 . www.ted.com.
  17. News: Rosalie R. . Radomsky . August 1, 2021 . A Night of Noshing Leads to Love on the Fast Track . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203021419/www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/style/alex-sall-mosheh-oinounou-wedding.html . 2022-12-03 . July 9, 2022 . . ST12.