PAIGE HARRISON Vice President, News, Hearst Television

Paige Harrison is vice president, news at Hearst Television. She was appointed to this position in June 2021.

Previously, Harrison served as the news director of Hearst Television’s flagship station and perennial TV news leader WCVB-TV, Boston since 2017. While there, she managed all operations of the news department, which produces more than 45 hours of newscasts weekly, including breaking news, weather and sports, special coverage, the station’s 5 Investigates series, NewsCenter 5 Primetime specials and all of the station’s digital and social media news initiatives. In her four years leading the unit, WCVB-TV’s news department earned dozens of awards for journalism and community service, including regional Emmy Awards, regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, National Headliner Awards, a Gracie Award and a Gabriel Award — frequently earning “Station of the Year” honors and often sweeping the regional competition.

In Harrison’s 18 years with Hearst, she has served within news operations for five Hearst Television stations across the country. Before joining WCVB-TV, she was the news director at WPBF-TV, Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate serving the West Palm Beach, Florida, TV market. She also worked in news management positions at WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida, KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A Michigan native, Harrison was raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in Canada and began her television career there as a producer and director. She has also worked in Toronto, Ottawa, and Barrie, Ontario.