Ross Dagan

CBS News and Stations, News Operations and Transformation

Ross Dagan, EVP, News Operations and Transformation, CBS News and Stations

Ross Dagan is responsible for reimagining and aligning the news operations and engineering functions across CBS News and Stations

Dagan, based in New York, joined CBS News and Stations after having most recently served as network director of news content at Network 10, the ViacomCBS-owned network based in Sydney, Australia, since 2018. While there, he oversaw major editorial and operational changes, positioning the network to optimize workflows and evolving technology around the cloud and artificial intelligence to improve processes.

A veteran of more than 20 years as a news executive, Dagan served two tours of duty with Network 10. He previously was the network’s director of news, based in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, where he had day-to-day responsibility for the network’s news programming in those markets from 2007-2012.

Dagan’s background also includes a combined five years with Al Jazeera English, the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. He most recently served as executive producer from 2015-2018. During that time, he was instrumental in the evolution of how editorial content was produced, presented and shared across platforms, launching the first new news programming in a decade. From 2006-2007, he served as program editor of Al Jazeera English, as a senior member of the leadership team in Kuala Lumpur that launched the network.

Dagan served two stints with the Seven Network in Australia, including as director of news, based in Brisbane, from 2013-2015, and director of news for Seven Queensland from 2001-2005.

His background also includes working for Television New Zealand (TVNZ) as head of news and current affairs, Maori and Pacific programs, based in Auckland, from 2012-2013.

Dagan earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern Queensland, then received his MBA from the Queensland University of Technology.

 

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