Bianna Golodryga is reportedly wasting no time lining up her next act. Just hours after confirming her departure from CNN, the veteran global-affairs journalist has reportedly opened negotiations with two major newsrooms, and she could end up working for both at once.
Bianna Golodryga’s future opportunities after CNN reported
Golodryga is negotiating separate deals with Politico and CBS News, according to three people familiar with the discussions who spoke to Politico. Under the proposed arrangements, she would cover global affairs for Politico while serving as a contributor for CBS News. The sources caution that the talks aren’t confirmed.
If both agreements close, Golodryga would pull off a feat few journalists manage: holding simultaneous roles at two competing news organizations. That setup once raised eyebrows in the industry, but it has become more acceptable as newsrooms grow comfortable with talent splitting time between mainstream outlets and independent ventures.
For those unaware, Golodryga joined CNN in 2017. During her tenure, she anchored the network’s international service and filled in for Christiane Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria. She also spent two years as a contributor while co-anchoring CBS This Morning alongside Gayle King, John Dickerson and Norah O’Donnell, meaning her CBS ties already have roots.
Now, her decision to leave follows CNN’s move to scale back the hours once devoted to Amanpour, who announced this week she will leave the network next year after nearly four decades in television news across CNN and ABC News. One person familiar with the matter claimed Golodryga saw limited room to grow at CNN under the new setup (via Variety).
Before CBS and CNN, she worked as a news and finance anchor for Yahoo News and co-anchored the weekend edition of Good Morning America while covering business news for ABC News. She started in television in 2001 as a bureau producer at the New York Stock Exchange for CNBC.
For now, neither Politico nor CBS News has commented publicly on the talks.
