Andrew Cochran to oversee implementation of CBC News strategy 2020

Andrew Cochran

J-Source reports that Andrew Cochran, CBC’s senior managing director for Atlantic Canada, is taking on a new role, overseeing the implementation of the public broadcaster’s Strategy 2020 for news operations. 
Editor-in-chief and general manager Jennifer McGuire said in a memo to staff that Cochran will be responsible for all CBC News strategies and will represent CBC News’s interests in real estate projects and regulatory issues. He will start his new role on Aug. 11 in Toronto.
Cochran got his start at CTV where he produced Canada-AM while still in his early 20s. He later established his an independent production company before joining CBC.