FAMU alumna Kimberly Godwin, who is also a former member of
the university’s faculty, has been named Senior Broadcast Producer of the CBS Evening
News with Scott Pelley.In this role, Godwin will report to Steve Capus, Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and Executive Editor of CBS News.
“Kim is an accomplished executive and proven leader who has
performed brilliantly at the CBS Evening News for seven years and has
successfully run many newsrooms across the country,” Capus said. “Kim is
principled, dedicated and respected. She has helped shape some of the most
important broadcasts of the CBS Evening News. I am delighted to have her as a
partner as we continue to evolve the broadcast.”
“The CBS Evening News is my professional home. I am honored to work alongside Steve, Scott and the team of dedicated journalists who are focused on continuing to strengthen the broadcast,” Godwin said. “We have made enormous strides together, and I look forward to many more years of growth and achievement.”
The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley has gained
significantly in viewers over the past three years. Godwin has served as a
Senior Producer of the CBS Evening News since 2007, where she played a key role
in developing the broadcast’s day-to-day and long-term coverage of major news
events, including the Newtown tragedy, Boston bombings, the 2012 presidential
election and the launch of the final shuttle mission from the Kennedy Space
Center.
Before joining CBS News, Godwin spent more than 20 years as
a manager and newsroom leader at some of the top local stations in the United
States. She was Assistant News Director at WCBS-TV in New York City
(2005-2007); Vice President and News Director at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles
(2001-2003); Vice President of News Operations for NBC Television Stations
(2001); and Vice President and News Director at KXAS-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth
(1998-2001). Godwin was also News Director at WOIO/WUAB in Cleveland
(1996-1998) and Assistant News Director at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia (1994-1996),
and before that, Senior News Producer at WCAU-TV (1991-1993); Executive
Producer at WNBC-TV in New York City (1993-1994); and Producer at WTAE-TV in
Pittsburgh (1991).
Godwin began her career as an executive producer, producer,
investigative reporter and news writer at television and radio stations in West
Palm Beach and Tallahassee, Fla.
In addition to being a veteran of network and local news,
Godwin has spent time as a journalism educator. She was the interim director
for journalism at the School of Journalism and Graphic Communication at FAMU
(2004-2005) and an adjunct faculty member (2003-2004), where she taught
newswriting, reporting and ethics.
Godwin is the recipient of many distinguished awards,
including four Emmys; two Edward R. Murrow awards; an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia
award; and a Sigma Delta Chi award.
She is the chair of the Board of Managers of the North
Brooklyn YMCA. She is a member of the Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Godwin graduated from FAMU with a bachelor’s degree in
broadcast journalism. She lives in New York City and in the Poconos, Pa., with
her two daughters.