David Bohrman | |
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Born | Hollywood, California |
Education |
Stanford University BA Stanford University BS Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism MS |
Occupation | Television and new media executive |
Notable credit(s) |
World News Now (ABC News) The Site (MSNBC) Imus in the Morning (TV version) The Moneyline NewsHour PseudoCenter (Pseudo.com) TechLive (Tech TV) NewsNight with Aaron Brown (CNN) Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (CNN) State of the Union (CNN) John King, USA (CNN) |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Leuchs Bohrman |
Children | Amber Warrington, Harrison Bohrman |
David Bohrman is a television and new media executive, working in network television news, cable news, new media, internet, convergence and consulting. Bohrman created almost a dozen new TV news programs at ABC News, NBC News (MSNBC), CNN, and TechTV.
Bohrman served as Senior Vice President and the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for CNN. In this role, Bohrman oversaw newsgathering, political coverage and programming for the Washington bureau and all special events for CNN globally. In early 2011, he then became the Chief Innovation Officer for CNN Worldwide.
Bohrman is the former President of Current TV, the network created by Al Gore and his partners. The network was sold to Al Jazeera in 2013.
He currently is President of The Bohrman Group, LLC, consulting to major media companies, new media companies, & digital ventures. His principal client for the 2016 election year was NBC News & MSNBC, where he helped lead a top-to-bottom redesign of those networks' election coverage.
David Bohrman was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Delle Bohrman and Stan Bohrman. His mother is a television writer. His father, Stan Bohrman was an award winning radio and television newsman, hosting Tempo on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s with co-hosts Maria Cole and Regis Philbin. Stan had an extensive career in news and investigative reporting, including several years as the primary anchor at KPIX-TV in San Francisco, and as leader of the "I-Team" at KYW in Philadelphia. He died in 1994. Bohrman established an endowed fund for investigative reporting in his father's name at Stanford University. David has two sisters: Caren and Catherine.
Bohrman currently lives in Sonoma County, CA with his wife Catherine Bohrman who is a sculptor focusing mainly on bronzes. They have two children and two grandchildren .
Bohrman simultaneously earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and a Bachelor of Science in Physical Science from Stanford University. He later earned his Master's of Science in Journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.