(CBS) Barbara Fedida, an award-winning producer, is Vice President, Talent and Development for CBS News. She oversees the recruitment and development of on-air and behind-the-camera personnel for CBS News and CBS Newspath as well as CBS News’ business affairs department.

She joined CBS News in August 2006 as Executive Director, Talent.

Previously, Fedida was director of talent recruitment and development at ABC News (2006).

Previously, Fedida was director of talent recruitment and development at ABC News (2006). She worked as the Director of Standards and Practices at ABC News (2001-05), where she helped reevaluate and reorganize the news division's decision desk after the 2000 election. In addition, Fedida was one of a handful of producers who worked on the August 2005 Peter Jennings tribute special, "Peter Jennings: Reporter." She also developed and directed the ABC News in the Schools Program and served as a senior producer of the children's special, "9/11: Answering Children’s Questions" (2001).

Fedida received a 2002 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for her work on ABC News' 9/11 coverage and the children's special.

She was a senior producer of "ABC 2000," the millennium broadcast that spanned 26 consecutive hours and won Peabody and Emmy Awards. Before that, Fedida served as an associate producer and producer for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" (1996-2000), where she produced "Person of the Week" and covered many major news stories with Jennings. She helped develop and launch "Day One" (1992-96), a news magazine, where she worked as a senior production associate, story editor, associate producer and producer.

Fedida began her career at ABC News as a production associate for "Peter Jennings Reporting" (1989-92), the anchor's award-winning documentary unit. She also helped develop and produce town meetings and children's specials for Jennings.

Before joining ABC News, Fedida was a broadcast assistant for the CBS News primetime news magazine, West 57th (1988-89).

Fedida was graduated from New York University in 1988. She received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and politics and has been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University. She was born in Queens, N.Y. Fedida and her husband, Andrew Brill, live in New York City with their three children.

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