• March 6, 2003

The Discovery Times Channel, a joint venture between Discovery Communications, Inc. and The New York Times Company, announced the appointment of Sheryl WuDunn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, to the role of anchor and principal writer for PAGE ONE, the network's nightly three-minute program that gives viewers an exclusive first look at the stories headed for the next day's front page of The New York Times. Premiering on Tuesday, March 25 at 10 PM ET, PAGE ONE will also include interviews with The Times's editors and reporters, as well as the paper's extraordinary images. "Sheryl is ideally suited to deliver PAGE ONE of The Times to a television audience," said Vivian Schiller, general manager and senior vice president, Discovery Times Channel. "A veteran journalist with more than eleven years of experience as a correspondent with The Times, Sheryl has extraordinary reporting experience, an in-depth knowledge of the newsroom and a dynamic presence that will bring the front page of the paper to life for our viewers." During the 1990s, WuDunn served as a New York Times correspondent and completed reporting tours in Beijing and Tokyo. After returning from the tours, WuDunn, who also holds an MBA from Harvard University, held important posts on the business side at The New York Times. Most recently, she served as a project director in the strategic planning area. The role as anchor for PAGE ONE will return WuDunn to The New York Times's newsroom.