Summa named VP Content Innovation at Univision News

Univision News has appointed Keith Summa as senior vice president, Content Innovation. He will report directly to Isaac Lee, president of News and Digital for UCI and CEO of Fusion.
 
From his new position, Summa will spearhead the exploration and development of innovative journalistic tools, models and narratives, experimenting with new platforms and storytelling formats to produce high-impact, quality reporting aimed at increasing the engagement of Univision News’ existing audience and broadening the division’s reach of tech-savvy news consumers. To that end he will also work closely with Fusion, the multi-platform media company that serves a young, diverse and inclusive millennial generation across its television and digital platforms (Fusion.net <http://fusion.net/> ). Fusion is an ABC-Univision joint venture.
 
Prior to this appointment, Summa was vice president of News Partnerships for Univision News, in charge of developing journalistic alliances for UCI’s news division as well as supporting and expanding the culture of investigative and enterprise reporting in both Univision and Fusion.
 
Before joining Univision in 2012, Summa was head of the CBS News Investigative Unit, where under his leadership, his team of investigative reporters and producers received the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for three consecutive years. Previously, Summa spent 15 years as a producer for ABC News and Peter Jennings Productions. He has won numerous journalism awards including six Emmys, two Peabody Awards, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, a George Polk Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
 
“Keith has been a valuable asset to Univision News and Fusion for the past three years and we are excited to give him new responsibilities in an area with limitless potential: the search for creative, cutting-edge ways to present news stories to our audiences,” said Isaac Lee. “With his impressive background, leadership skills and forward thinking, he will be instrumental in helping us ensure that Univision News stays at the forefront of journalistic innovation and excellence in every format and platform.”