CNN's Chalian to Keynote at Media Finance Focus 2017

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, April 6, 2017

David Chalian, political director for CNN, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming Media Finance Focus 2017 conference, scheduled for May 22-24 at The Hyatt Grand Cypress in Orlando Florida. Chalian's keynote will occur during the opening general session, which begins at 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning, May 22nd.

Media Finance Focus 2017, the 57th annual conference for MFM and its BCCA subsidiary, the media industry's credit association, serves as the primary source of professional education for business and credit management executives in the media industry, including its newspaper, television, radio, cable, online, mobile and other digital media enterprises. A welcoming reception is planned for Sunday evening, the 21st.

"2016 marked a significant change in the way campaigns and elections are run in the U.S.," said Mary M. Collins, president and CEO of MFM and BCCA. "As a seasoned political news analyst who now oversees one of the country's largest multi-platform political news operations, David Chalian will reflect on the impact of this change while providing the media industry's financial management community insights on the merging of newsgathering efforts to reach audiences in today's fragmented media environment and his thoughts about what lies ahead for the future of journalism."

As CNN's political director, David Chalian oversees political coverage across all CNN platforms as well as plays an instrumental role in the network's daily coverage by providing on-air political analysis across the network's programs.

Prior to arriving at CNN, Chalian served as Vice President for Video Programming at POLITICO where he oversaw all of the video efforts including POLITICO LIVE special events coverage and all new video program and product development. Before that, Chalian served as Washington Bureau Chief for Yahoo! News, Political Editor and on-air political analyst for PBS NewsHour, and ABC News' Political Director.

While at PBS NewsHour, Chalian oversaw the 2010 midterm political coverage that won the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for excellence in television political journalism. He won an Emmy Award as part of the team that produced ABC News' presidential inauguration coverage in January 2009. Prior to joining ABC News, Chalian produced Inside City Hall, a widely acclaimed nightly political program for NY1 News. Chalian resides in Washington, D.C. and is a graduate of Northwestern University.