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 DEBORAH POTTER is executive director of Newslab, a non-profit training and research center in Washington, DC that works with local television stations to improve coverage of cover complex, non-visual stories. Deborah spent 16 years as a correspondent for CBS News and CNN. She covered the White House, State Department, Congress, national politics and the environment, and later hosted the PBS series "In the Prime.” Before joining CBS, Deborah anchored all-news radio in Philadelphia and produced TV news in Washington, DC. Deborah is an experienced journalism trainer and facilitator. She conducts workshops across the country and around the world. Deborah spent three years on the faculty of The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida and a year as assistant professor at American University in Washington, DC. She is a past executive director of the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. Deborah is a featured columnist for the American Journalism Review, where she writes about broadcast news. She is the co-author of the “Poynter Election Handbook: New Ways to Cover Campaigns.” She has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. from American University.
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