CBS Booking Chief: Shaping World's Biggest Stories

0:00It's April 23rd, you're listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered pop-culture updates. I'm Corey with the story. Kachi Sokolov runs booking a senior vice president for CBS News, stations, and CBS media ventures. She leads a team of 28 producers, who snack most anchor interviews across all platforms, handle live guests, and lock-in correspondence spots. Under her watch, they centralize operations to grab breaking news and big exclusives for every show. She's been key in landing sits with heavy hitters like Prince Harry, the late Pope Francis, Dylan Farrow, and even then, FBI director Christopher Ray. Her team pulls in top names from politics, arts, and hot stories, making CBS a go-to for must have interviews. Sokolov climbed the ranks fast after joining in October 2012 as a booking producer for CBS this morning. By 2017, she was coordinating producer, then senior producer, and head-booker, in 2019, hitting her current spot in January 20th.

1:0222. That rise shows her impact on building a tight, collaborative booking machine. She's booked pivotal chats on massive events, from the Israel Gaza and Russia. Ukraine wars, to COVID, the Epstein case, Galein Maxwell trial, John VI capital riot, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders, plus disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, and school shootings. Before CBS, she worked editorial at NBC News and the Dr. Osho, and she graduated from Syracuse with a broadcast journalism degree. Her steady hand keeps CBS ahead in the interview game, proving one sharp leader can shape how we hear the world's biggest stories.