The New Yorker PR Director Joins CBS News as VP of Comm.

CBS News announced Sonya McNair joined the company last week as vice president for communications. McNair will report to Jeff Ballabon, Senior Vice President of Communications for CBS News and will work in the “management of media relations and publicity for the CBS News Division,” according to a company statement.

Previously McNair served as director for publications at The New Yorker.

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