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— -- Kathy O'Hearn was named executive producer of "This Week" in May 2005. She is responsible for the production and editorial content of the network's Sunday morning public affairs show. A 17-year veteran of ABC News, O'Hearn returned to the network from CNBC, where in 2003 she created and served as executive producer on the talk show "Topic A with Tina Brown."
Before working at CNBC, O'Hearn helped create, launch and produce CNN's "American Morning" in 2001 and 2002. She joined CNN in 2000, where she oversaw the cable network's morning coverage in the aftermath of 9/11.
Earlier, she served as executive vice president of CNN Business News and CNNfn, for which she was responsible for the production and development of CNN Business News and its flagship program, "Moneyline." She was the executive in charge in May 2001 when the show was successfully re-launched as "Lou Dobbs' Moneyline."
O'Hearn first joined ABC News in 1983 as an assignment editor in the Washington, D.C., bureau and culminated her 17 years there as the executive producer of "World News Tonight Saturday" and "World News Tonight Sunday" from 1996 to 2000. During this period, she was also responsible for relaunching "Good Morning America Sunday" and served as the show's executive producer. Earlier positions at ABC News included that of Los Angeles bureau chief, where she oversaw news coverage of the western United States, including such events as the Rodney King trial, the Los Angeles riots, the Malibu fires and the Northridge earthquake, as well as the O.J. Simpson trial.
O'Hearn began her career in broadcasting in 1976 at CBS News, where she was an assignment editor in the Washington, D.C., bureau. She also worked as a camera person from 1979-1982, covering major events around the world during the Carter and Reagan administrations.
Her work over the years has earned her several awards, including five Emmys, three Edward R. Murrow Awards, a 2000 National Headliner Award for Best Newscast, an Overseas Press Club Award in 1999 and a Peabody Award in 1999.
