Steve Capus
| Steve Capus was named President, NBC News in November 2005. He is the No. 1 News Division executive and is responsible for all aspects of America's highest-rated and most-watched network News division, as well as MSNBC and NBC News Channel. Capus is also the arbiter of issues involving ethics, style, standards, safety and other matters that affect the Division's journalistic bearing. He sits on the Board of MSNBC.com, The Weather Channel, The Freedom Forum and Newseum. Capus reports to Jeff Zucker, President and CEO, NBC Universal. Capus had served as senior vice president of NBC News since June 2005, and was the executive producer of "NBC Nightly News" since May 2001. In December 2004, when the broadcast made the first anchor change on any network evening newscast in more than two decades – from Tom Brokaw to Brian Williams – Capus oversaw the seamless transition. Under his direction, "NBC Nightly News" remained the highest-rated evening newscast in America. Capus was also the executive producer for much of NBC News' coverage of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the war in Iraq, and the "Decision 2002-2004" political coverage. Capus has also received numerous awards, including four Emmy Awards, eight Edward R. Murrow Awards, one Alfred I. duPont and six National Headliner Awards. In 2007 he earned the Ida B. Wells Award from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which is presented annually to a media executive who has demonstrated a commitment to diversifying the nations newsrooms and improving the coverage of people and communities of color. From 1997 to May 2001, Capus was the executive producer of MSNBC's signature primetime newscast, "The News with Brian Williams." He was also the executive producer of numerous NBC News breaking reports and MSNBC special broadcasts. Among them were the 2000 presidential primaries and election, the "Summit in Silicon Valley" with Tom Brokaw and the political series "100 Days, 1000 Voices." Before becoming executive producer of "The News," Capus had served as the senior broadcast producer for MSNBC's daytime news coverage since its launch in 1996. During 1995, Capus was the supervising producer for "Today," and before that, he was the broadcast producer of "NBC News Sunrise" throughout 1994. Capus first joined NBC News in 1993 as the senior producer of "NBC Nightside," the NBC News Channel's overnight news program based in Charlotte, N.C. In 1990, at the age of 26, Capus became an executive producer with KYW-TV in Philadelphia. For two years, he was responsible for the overall day-to-day management and coordination of the correspondents, production staff and the on-air production for the station. He joined KYW-TV in 1987 as a writer and producer. Capus also worked at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia in 1986. He began his journalism career in radio and print and worked at several stations and daily newspapers in the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Temple University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. He has served as a member of Temple’s School of Communications and Theater Board of Visitors since 2008. His wife is "Dateline NBC" special segment producer Sophia Faskianos. They have two sons. Capus also has a daughter. |
