EL JEFE BOHRMAN was one of the most innovative, experienced, and well-respected TV journalists for more than three decades.
Bohrman sailed from Producer posts to Executive Producer to Senior Management at ABC News, NBC News, CNNfn, and CNN. Pseudo and Current TV.
One of Fast Company Magazines "100 Most Creative People in the World" (2011)
Winner of 6 Emmy awards and 18 Emmy nominations. Two Peabody Awards.
Full List of Awards later in profile.
Creator of more new programs and programming than almost any other producer working in TV News today. Some of them:
World News Now (ABC) -- On-the-air for more than 25 years.
ABC News InterActive (ABC)
Special Events (from Politics to Space to Disasters, to the Gulf War) ABC
The Site (MSNBC)
Imus in the Morning (on MSNBC)
NBC News Special Events (Politics, Disasters, Major specials, Oklahoma City, OJ Simpson) NBC
TechLive (TechTV)
The Moneyline News Hour (CNN)
September 11, 2001 (all NY live coverage) CNN
NewsNight with Aaron Brown (CNN)
The Situation Room (CNN)
State of the Union (CNN)
Created the YouTube Debates in the 2008 Political Campaign, along with producing more than a dozen presidential debates from 2003-2008. Two highlights were the Republican Debate at the Reagan Library in California, and the Democratic Debate the next night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Executive Producer of many election nights, including in 2008 for CNN, which was seen worldwide and beat all other television organizations (both broadcast and cable) in ratings the night Barack Obama was elected President.
New media leader from 1987 to the present:
Created the first new media division of the major Broadcast network (ABC)
CEO of Pseudo Programs, Inc. (First live Internet streaming of political conventions - 2000)
#100 in the Silicon Alley 100 most influential new media thinkers
Chief Innovation Officer of CNN Worldwide in 2011
"Discovered" the "Magic Wall," used by John King during the 2008, 2010, and 2012 campaigns, and now used by dozens or hundreds of broadcasters worldwide.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2023/06/27/david-bohrman-obit-tsr-vpx…
