ABC News elevates Katie den Daas and CBS News promotes Kim Harvey

This week two veteran producers were elevated to senior leadership roles at major U.S. broadcast news operations: Katie den Daas was promoted to senior vice president of global newsgathering at ABC News, and Kim Harvey was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News, network officials said. Both moves are positioned as efforts to strengthen newsroom operations and adjust program approaches amid shifting audience habits and corporate change.

At ABC News, den Daas moves up from vice president of global newsgathering to oversee the editorial and strategic direction of the network's domestic and international newsgathering, officials said. She will continue to supervise multiple news teams and the network's bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and London, as well as ABC News affiliate and client services, ABC NewsOne and ABC Audio, which includes radio, podcasts and audio entertainment. Den Daas will remain based in New York.

"Katie is an exceptional journalist and leader whose editorial vision and operational expertise have only strengthened our coverage," Almin Karamehmedovic, president of ABC News, said in a statement. "She has a deep understanding of the evolving news landscape...