Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson Joins Nickelodeon as Vice President of News Programming & Executive Producer of Net’s Rebooted N...
October 06 2020 - 9:00AM
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Nickelodeon has named CBS News’ 60 Minutes veteran producer and
Emmy and Peabody Award-winner Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson as Vice
President of News Programming for the leading kids’ network, as
well as Executive Producer of the recently rebooted Nick News
series. In her newly created role, Laguerre-Wilkinson will
spearhead Nick’s commitment of speaking to kids about the news and
issues of the day they care about most, overseeing all aspects of
research, development and execution of news segments across
Nickelodeon’s platforms. For long-form news content, she will serve
as Executive Producer of the net’s heralded Nick News series, which
was recently rebooted in June with the acclaimed Kids Race and
Unity special, hosted by Alicia Keys and which Laguerre-Wilkinson
co-executive produced. Based in New York, she will report to Brian
Robbins, President of ViacomCBS Kids & Family
Entertainment.
Said Robbins, “Magalie is a gifted journalist and producer with
a long-proven ability to communicate the news of the day with
compassion, empathy and precision. Kids are well aware of the
issues that affect their families and the world, and the talent and
experience Magalie brings will serve as the foundation for how we
aid or spark important conversations for our audience.”
Laguerre-Wilkinson joins Nickelodeon from CBS News’ 60 Minutes,
America’s most watched news program, where she served for over 15
years as an Associate Producer and Producer on stories for Ed
Bradley, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon, Steve Kroft, Anderson Cooper, and
more. She was the key producer on one of the broadcast’s most
memorable and inspiring stories about the Kimbanguist Symphony
Orchestra in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which won Peabody
and Emmy accolades.
She has reported from far corners of the world, while also
covering domestic stories including Hurricane Katrina in New
Orleans and Sandy in New York. Most recently, she produced stories
on the political divide in the United States with Oprah Winfrey as
a contributing correspondent, as well as profiles of French street
artist, JR and the new music director of the New York Philharmonic,
Jaap van Zweden. An interview host at Carnegie Council’s Ethics
Matter and a producer and reporter for CUNY TV’s Arts in the City,
Laguerre-Wilkinson previously worked as correspondent for CBS
Evening News and producer for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.
The original Nick News, created, written, and anchored by Linda
Ellerbee, and produced by her company, Lucky Duck Productions,
aired on Nickelodeon for 25 years, ending when Ellerbee retired in
2016. Nick News won 10 Emmys, a Peabody, a Columbia DuPont, and the
prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for Journalistic Excellence, the
first and only time it was given to a children’s program. Nick News
was noted for its ability to show kids respect, and for the direct
way it explained world events,—including 9/11, U.S. wars from the
first Gulf War through The Iraqi Invasion, presidential politics,
HIV-AIDS and Hurricane Katrina—and for always giving kids a voice
and a safe place to question their world.
Nickelodeon, now in its 41st year, is the number-one
entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global
business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand
includes television programming and production in the United States
and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location
based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more
information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon
and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of
ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC).
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