Noah Oppenheim
Noah Oppenheim | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | A.B. Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Producer Writer Media executive |
| Known for | President of NBC News |
Noah Oppenheim (born 1978) is an American writer, television producer, and President of NBC News.[1][2] Previously, Oppenheim was the executive in charge of NBC's Today Show, head of development at Reveille, and senior producer of NBC's Today Show, where he supervised the 7–8am hour of the broadcast.[3][4]
Early life
Oppenheim was born to a Jewish family.[5] He attended The Gregory School in Tucson, Arizona, and served as an editor and writer for the school newspaper, the Gregorian Chant.[6]. After high school, Oppenheim graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2000. While attending Harvard, Oppenheim was Editorial Chair of the Harvard Crimson from 1996 to 2000.
Career
Writing
Oppenheim won the Best Screenplay Award at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival for writing Jackie.[7]
Oppenheim wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of James Dashner's young adult, science-fiction, dystopian, fantasy novel, The Maze Runner.[8] He also wrote the screenplay for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, a film in the Divergent film franchise.[9] Oppenheim is also co-author with David Kidder of the Rodale Press series The Intellectual Devotional. One of the volumes was 8th on The New York Times list of hard-cover political bestselllers in November 2007.[10]
Television
Prior to NBC's Today Show, Oppenheim co-created CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer,[11] was executive producer of Scarborough Country, and senior producer of Hardball with Chris Matthews.[12] At NBC News, Oppenheim led coverage of presidential elections, the September 11 attacks, and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In January 2015 Oppenheim was appointed a senior vice president and given control of the Today Show; he had worked as a senior producer for the show from 2005 until 2008.[13]
Oppenheim was made president of NBC News in February 2017.[14]
Criticism
As president of NBC News, Oppenheim was accused by investigative journalist Ronan Farrow of deliberately ignoring Farrow's reports of allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein and refusing to allow NBC News to report on those allegations in 2017. Oppenheim denied Farrow's claim and said that the reason NBC News chose not to report on the story was that the available evidence did not meet their journalistic standards. However, other accounts of contemporary discussions within NBC News are consistent with Oppenheim preventing NBC journalists from reporting on Weinstein.[15]
Farrow also reported that NBC News hired a "Wikipedia whitewasher" who removed references to NBC's role in the Weinstein case from several Wikipedia articles, including Oppenheim's.[16]
Additionally, as articles and opinion pieces Oppenheim wrote while attending Harvard resurface, concerns have been raised about the culture Oppenheim is cultivating at NBC and whether it is sensitive to women employees.[17]
References
- ^ Battaglio, Stephen. "'Today' show executive Noah Oppenheim is named president of NBC News". latimes.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ Britt, Thomas W.; Adler, Amy B.; Castro, Carl Andrew (2006). Military Life: Military culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-0-275-98304-8. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Steel, Emily (2015-01-16). "NBC Names a 'Today' Veteran to Lead the Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ Adalian, Josef (2015-01-16). "NBC Finds New Today Show Boss". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ Jewish Community Centers and Federation of Tampa: "Jews in the News: Kirk Douglas, Natalie Portman and Max Cassella" by Nate Bloom. December 5, 2016
- ^ Gregory alumni
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (September 10, 2016). "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion To 'The Woman Who Left'; Tom Ford's 'Nocturnal Animals', Emma Stone Take Major Prizes – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ Jr, Mike Fleming (2016-09-16). "Rising Star 'Jackie' Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim Also Runs NBC's 'Today'? How Did That Happen?". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "'Divergent' Threequel 'Allegiant' Taps 'Maze Runner' Writer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "Poli-Book Best Sellers for November" By Orville Buddo November 26, 2007 The New York Times [1] Accessed Sept 5, 2019
- ^ Oppenheim at Today
- ^ Moraes, Lisa de (2015-01-16). "Noah Oppenheim Named 'Today' Show Chief". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ Steel, Emily (2015). "NBC Names a 'Today' Veteran to Lead the Show". The New York Times.
- ^ Marcin, Tim (29 November 2017). "In the wake of the Matt Lauer firing, meet NBC News president Noah Oppenheim". Newsweek.
- ^ McHugh, Rich. "'YOU ARE TO STAND DOWN': RONAN FARROW’S PRODUCER ON HOW NBC KILLED ITS WEINSTEIN STORY", Vanity Fair, October 11, 2019.
- ^ Farhi, Paul. "Ronan Farrow overcame spies and intimidation to break some of the biggest stories of the #MeToo era", The Washington Post, October 10, 2019.
- ^ https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-news-noah-oppenheim-accused-of-downplaying-lauer-rape-claims-once-bashed-nbc-for-firing-marv-albert
