David McCormick + Lloyd Siegel, professors and NBC News professionals

Columbia Journalism School presents a conversation with Professors David McCormick and Lloyd Siegel. McCormick is vice president of Standards (NBC News). He has worked as a writer and producer for a handful of TV stations, as well as national assignment editor for NBC News; news director and bureau chief for WKYC-TV (Cleveland); producer for NBC Nightly News; manager and bureau chief for Frankfurt, London, New York, NBC News; special events producer for NBC News; and executive producer, broadcast standards, and NBC News Ombudsman. Siegel is vice president of news partnerships for NBC News, coordinating editorial and promotional support from more than 200 NBC stations and broadcast groups for network newscasts, MSNBC on cable, and msnbc.com. Prior to that assignment, he worked as a reporter for WKYC/Cleveland and WRC/Washington, field producer in the NBC News Washington bureau, 6 pm producer for WRC, domestic news producer for NBC Nightly News, and executive producer of special broadcasts.