NBC News and MSNBC announced a series of staffing announcements, with the latter preparing to split from parent Comcast .

Michelle Perry has been promoted to deputy bureau chief of NBC News, having previously run the network’s justice and national security unit. She has been with the network and MSNBC for 20 years, including as executive producer of Andrea Mitchell’s daily show.

MSNBC, meanwhile, has announced a series of hires for its D.C. bureau., be led by bureau chief Sudeep Reddy. Scott Matthews, senior VP of newsgathering, has been tasked with building up MSNBC’s news division.

Akayla Gardner is joining as a White House reporter from Bloomberg, where she was a White House correspondent and author of the weekly “Washington Edition: Inside the White House” newsletter.

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