May 26, 2022 – Award-winning broadcast journalist Shawn Hoder has been named vice president and news director at CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Pittsburgh, Pa., including KDKA-TV (CBS), WPCW-TV (The CW Pittsburgh), the CBS News Pittsburgh streaming channel and CBSPittsburgh.com. The announcement was made today by Chris Cotugno, vice president and general manager of CBS News and Stations’ Pittsburgh properties.

Hoder will assume his new role at CBS News Pittsburgh on July 6. He will succeed Kathy Hostetter, who last month became the vice president and general manager of CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Baltimore.

A West Virginia native, Hoder will be returning to Pittsburgh, where he began his local news career in 1994 as a photographer and producer at WPXI-TV. Over the course of his nearly 30-year career, Hoder and his colleagues have been honored with a Peabody Award, 13 regional and two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and 50 Emmy Awards.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Shawn back to Pittsburgh,” Cotugno said. “Shawn possesses nearly three decades of tremendous experience in local news, beginning with being a photojournalist and producer here in Pittsburgh, then working on camera as an investigative and consumer reporter and, most recently, serving as a producer and manager. As is the case with Kathy, Shawn is first and foremost a compassionate and caring leader who also loves the news business and being of service to the community. We look forward to having this be a very smooth transition for both Shawn and everyone in our news department.”

“I am humbled and honored to receive this opportunity to work with all of the great people who make KDKA one of the finest stations in the country. I look forward to working alongside talented storytellers and other team members who do so much on a daily basis to make KD part of the fabric of the community. While I left Pittsburgh years ago to work in newsrooms across the country, my heart has always stayed with the Steel City. I am eager to come home and support my new colleagues as they continue to do an outstanding job of producing relevant and impactful content for our audiences across all of our platforms.”

Hoder is currently the assistant news director and senior executive producer at WTSP-TV in Tampa-St. Petersburgh, Fla., a position he has held since 2019. His background also includes work focused on investigative and enterprise reporting at stations in Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, Arlington, Va., Seattle and Orlando.

Hoder earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from West Liberty State College in West Liberty, W. Va.

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