CNN has announced the addition of a trio of reporters, with Brian Abel, Leigh Waldman, and Victoria Rubadiri joining the network.

Abel joins the network as a CNN Newsource correspondent. He’ll be based in Washington D.C. after previously working as the evening news anchor at WXYZ-TV in Detroit. Previous stops include KSHB (Kansas City), WDAY (Fargo), and WDAZ (Grand Forks).

Like Abel, Waldman will also work as a correspondent for CNN Newsource. She joins after serving as an investigative reporter at KSAT-TV in San Antonio. She previously worked as an morning anchor at WOWT-TV in Omahan and as an anchor, reporter, and producer for Victoria TelevisionGroup in Victoria, Texas. She will be based in New York.

Finally, the network has added Kenyan journalist and anchor Victoria Rubadiri to serve on its long-running series Connecting Africa. With her new role, Rubadiri will be based at the network’s operation in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

“I’m extremely excited for the opportunity to work at CNN and to bring my experience and passion to its global audience,” Rubadiri said. “Connecting Africa champions the people, projects, and companies revolutionizing African business and I’m looking forward to working alongside Eleni and the team to get out on the ground and tell these stories.”

NewsNation has announced it is elevating executives Michael Corn and Cherie Grzech to expanded roles after signing new multi-year extensions to stay at the network.

Corn has been named the President of Programming & Specials, and will relocate to New York as part of the position. He had previously served as President of News since May 2021.

Grzech, who previously held the title of Senior Vice President and Managing Editor of News and Politics, is now the President and Managing Editor of News and Politics. She will oversee the network’s news and political programming, and will lead all network operations.

The expansion of the pair’s roles with the company comes as NewsNation prepares to fill out a lineup completely dedicated to news coverage on a 24/7 basis later this spring.

“NewsNation’s remarkable growth over the past three years is a testament to Michael and Cherie’s exceptional leadership,” said Nexstar Networks President Sean Compton. “As we steer our organization into a full 24/7 operation later this spring, we are thrilled to have them guiding the network in these newly focused roles.”

Comedian Jimmy Failla has found his niche at Fox News, appearing on a variety of programs — including Gutfeld! — and also hosting Fox News Saturday Night.

Failla has climbed the ladder at Fox News after previously working as a taxi cab driver while working on his stand-up comedy routine. But he believes comedy should still be the driving force behind his work, not conservative or liberal politics and policies.

In an interview with Variety, Failla said that his weekend program isn’t as partisan as a casual observer might think of when hearing that it airs on the notoriously conservative cable news channel.

“True comedy doesn’t have a political party. Comedy is a party. And at a party, you don’t ask who they voted for at the door,” Failla said.

Fox News, like others in the genre, features primetime opinion programming slanted toward one side of the political aisle. But Jimmy Failla said his program certainly doesn’t fit into the firebrand category like many others in cable news.

“We are not a call to arms show. We are like a chill the f— out show,” Failla said before adding that the now-partisan nature of late-night TV shows helmed by the likes of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon is a “frustration” for him. He shared his belief that the late-night genre should be an escape, rather than another avenue for political discussion.