CBC News appoints two new senior managing directors

TORONTO — CBC News announced Friday the appointment of Mervin Brass (above left) as senior director for CBC North and Ruth Zowdu as senior director for CBC’s Ontario region, effective October 19. “With a longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, Indigenous reflection and deepening CBC’s community connections,” Brass has been managing editor for CBC North for four years, says the CBC press release. In his new role he will continue to be based in Yellowknife, overseeing all local programming for stations in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. “This move to create a senior managing director position for the North speaks...