KMSP Ups Marian Davey To News Director

Marian Davey on Monday was named VP-news director of Fox –owned KMSP Minneapolis. She will be responsible for overseeing all editorial, business and administrative functions for Fox 9 News.

She succeeds Bill Dallman who left to join Fox Sports 1.

Davey joined KMSP in July 2002 as managing editor. Less than a year after her hire, she was promoted to assistant news director. Highlights of her tenure include leading the newsroom during three Presidential elections, the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, and a KMSP-sponsored gubernatorial debate in 2010. Davey has also overseen the KMSP Investigative Unit since 2008.

Prior to joining KMSP, Davey spent 14 years at WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul. She began her career as an intern at WCCO, then rose through the ranks as a medical and sports producer, and later became managing editor in her 10th year at the station.