Opinion | MSNBC’s new hire will bring aboard 100 journalists ahead of an upcoming shift

Scott Matthews, MSNBC’s new senior vice president of newsgathering, is expected to hire field producers, correspondents, photographers and more

Posted Friday, March 7, 2025 11:42 am

Scott Matthews (Photo courtesy of MSNBC)

Tom Jones | Poynter

Lots of moving and shaking at MSNBC these days. And you can see why.

For starters, the network continues to try to close the gap in the cable news ratings with top dog Fox News while also trying to maintain its advantage over CNN.

In addition, it has a new president. Rebecca Kutler recently had the interim tag removed from her title after taking over for Rashida Jones in January. ...

The network made another major move on Thursday. It brought Scott Matthews on board to be MSNBC’s senior vice president of newsgathering.

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Opinion | MSNBC’s new hire will bring aboard 100 journalists ahead of an upcoming shift

Scott Matthews, MSNBC’s new senior vice president of newsgathering, is expected to hire field producers, correspondents, photographers and more

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