Award winning journalist Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson became Vice President of News Programming and Executive Producer of NICK NEWS at Nickelodeon in October 2020. Prior to joining Nickelodeon, she worked for 60MINUTES, America’s most watched news program, for 16 years. She produced stories for Ed Bradley, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft and Anderson Cooper. She was a key producer on one of the broadcast’s most memorable and inspiring stories about an orchestra in the heart of Africa. The Bob Simon story about the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra in the Democratic Republic of Congo won Peabody and Emmy accolades.
Laguerre-Wilkinson has reported from the far corners of the world and covered domestic stories including Hurricanes Katrina in New Orleans and Sandy in New York. Her Haitian roots have made her an invaluable producer on CBS News coverage of the country,including an Emmy-winning 60 MINUTES report on the deadly earthquake there in 2010.
Some of the things we’ll cover:
How she got her start in the news business;
The big breakthrough moments in her career;
Her experience covering stories in Haiti
How the news business has evolved, especially for women and BIPOC
How her experience at 60 Minutes influences howshe leads News Programming for a very different audience at Nick News
Wewill have Q&A with the audience. Please bring your questions!
For more on Magalie, go to: https://www.futurenowconference.com/home#/live/programsandevents
Please RSVP by February 15. Space is limited.

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