Javier Morgado
Javier Morgado is the Executive Producer of CNN's morning
shows New Day with Chris Cuomo, Alisyn Camerota & Michaela Pereira and Early Start with John Berman
& Christine Romans. He is responsible for overseeing creative development and strategic vision for five hours of
live programming. Morgado joined CNN in December 2011 as Seniors Broadcast Producer for Starting Point with
Soledad O'Brien.
Prior to joining CNN, Morgado was the Vice President of Business Development & Communications for Latina magazine. He was responsible for strategic
development of the magazine's print and online properties, crafting the brand's public relations strategy and managing
all of its content partnerships & brand extensions.
Prior to joining Latina, Morgado held several management positions at NBC News during his 11-year
tenure. Most recently, he served as Supervising
Producer of NBC's TODAY show from 2006-2010 during which time the show was honored with two Daytime Emmy Awards.
From 2003-2006, Morgado was a Senior Editor
at the NBC News Network Desk where he was responsible for managing and coordinating daily news coverage for the network's
news division.
Before coming to the network in
2001, Morgado was the Assignment Manager at NBC owned-and-operated station WTVJ in Miami, Florida. He was involved in
covering several national stories including the search for September 11th terrorists, the 2000 presidential election debacle
and the Elian Gonzalez saga. The Miami native began his journalism career in 1995 at WPLG (ABC), a Post-Newsweek station.
Morgado holds a Master of Business Administration
in media management from Fordham University and a Master of Science in human resource management from New York University.
He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he received a Bachelor
of Science in communication. Morgado also completed two executive education programs in media management at the Harvard
Business School and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Morgado currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National
LGBT Museum and serves on the Dean's Visiting Committee
at the University of Miami School of Communication.
For several years he served on the leadership council for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Morgado also served on
the board of directors for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) from 2006-2009 and is an active member
of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) & the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).