Barbara Fedida

Barbara Fedida
Born
1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)

Queens County, New York, United States[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University (BA 1988)[1]
OccupationMedia executive
Years active1988–present[1]
SpouseAndrew Brill[2]
Children3[2]
Website[3]

Barbara Fedida (born 1967/1968)[4] is an American television executive who worked at ABC News.[5][2][6][7]

During her career, Fedida has been recognized with Emmy, duPont, Murrow, and Peabody awards.[2] At ABC, Fedida oversaw the network's diversity and inclusion efforts,[8] and was responsible for hiring and developing all anchors and correspondents for ABC News programs and bureaus worldwide[7]

Previously, Fedida worked for five years as the head of talent development at CBS News from 2006 to 2011.[9]

On July 20, 2020, ABC cut ties with Fedida for allegedly making racially insensitive comments in the workplace.[9][10]

  1. ^ a b c "Diversity Woman | Barbara Fedida". Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. ^ a b c d "Central Synagogue". www.centralsynagogue.org. Archived from the original on June 19, 2021. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. ^ "Sherwood Names Fedida, Ruffolo and Mercandetti to Senior Posts at ABC News". ABC News.
  4. ^ Abrams, Rachel (July 21, 2020). "Disney Cuts Ties With ABC News Executive Over 'Racially Insensitive' Remarks". The New York Times. The executive, Barbara Fedida, 52, had worked at ABC for most of her roughly two-decade career, save for a five-year stint as the head of talent development at CBS News from 2006 to 2011.
  5. ^ "Post Gazette".
  6. ^ "Barbara Fedida".
  7. ^ a b "Barbara Fedida". ABC News.
  8. ^ "At ABC News, Toxicity Thrives". Huffington Post.
  9. ^ a b "Disney Cuts Ties With ABC News Executive". New York Times.
  10. ^ "ABC News executive Barbara Fedida on leave". USA Today.