One month ago, Kathy Hostetter became the VP and General Manager of CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in Baltimore. This opened up a leadership role in Pittsburgh.
It’s just been filled.
Taking the role of VP/News Director at CBS News and Stations’ local businesses in the ‘Burgh is Shawn Hoder.
This puts him in the No. 2 spot under VP/GM Chris Cotugno for properties comprised of CBS O&O KDKA-2 and WPCW-TV, “The CW Pittsburgh.”
Hoder will assume his new role at CBS/Pittsburgh on July 6. It’s a return to Pittsburgh for Hoder, as his local news career started at WPXI-11, the Cox Media Group-owned NBC affiliate, in 1994 as a photographer and producer.
Hoder is presently the Asst. News Director and Sr. Executive Producer at TEGNA-owned CBS affiliate WTSP-10 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, a position he has held since 2019. His background also includes work focused on investigative and enterprise reporting at stations in Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta; Seattle; Orlando; and Washington, D.C.
“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.”
Hoder added, “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.”
