Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews

The new president of CBS News has been accused of using her clout to promote minorities while unfairly sidelining white journalists — a “woke” and “divisive” practice that sparked multiple employee complaints and a major internal probe in 2021. Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews — a 30-year veteran of the third-place network who took the helm last August after her boss Neeraj Khemlani left in a storm of controversy — also had been top deputy to ex-president David Rhodes, who exited CBS News in January 2019 following a slew of high-profile scandals. Current and former employees say they are chafing over the promotion of Ciprian-Matthews, who is now the top-ranked woman of color at CBS News.

Matthews, a CBS News veteran who once supervised the Washington bureau and had been put in charge of overall newsgathering, will now have top editorial oversight for CBS News across all platforms. She will oversee all CBS News programs, bureaus, global newsgathering, streaming and digital editorial, as well as standards and practices, special events, politics, elections and surveys, social, the race and culture unit and CBS News Radio. (Image: CBS)

Ciprian-Matthews will be executive vice president of newsgathering, overseeing all of the network’s bureaus and reporting worldwide.

Kimberly Godwin was named EVP of news, with top editorial oversight of newsgathering around the world. Charles Pavlounis was given expanded duties as EVP of business development and chief financial officer. And Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, who was EVP of news, was named EVP of strategic professional development, focusing on recruitment and development of off-air talent