ABC News bolsters int'l plan

ABC News gets in a few fresh faces and reassigning others, deepening its worldwide coverage. The Alphabet is delivering three digital correspondents further abroad: Canadian journo Muhammad Lila is headed to Pakistan for his first assignment with ABC News, where he'll file from Islamabad on that country, Afghanistan as well as the surrounding region Gloria Riviera will vary from London to Beijing and Kirit Radia, who formerly covered the U.S. Condition Department, is headed to Moscow. The division introduced similar utilizes in November, making Kelly Cobiella london and Bazi Kanani in Nairobi -- each is experienced journos and many types of will be in areas with existing ABC News presence. Due to the tepid primary season, politics may not reign supreme this year, and 2011's glut of high-profile foreign tales have given every TV news operation grounds to boost worldwide newsgathering. ABC may also be making Mark Greenblatt from affiliate KHOU, where he labored becoming an investigative reporter and won honours plus a national Emmy award. Greenblatt will relocate to Gotham from Houston. News division prexy Ben Sherwood introduced the utilizes/reassignments on Tuesday. The Alphabet's news division remains the subject of great importance and scrutiny since it results in Katie Couric, moves Christiane Amanpour to worldwide, and returns George Stephanopoulos to "Now.Inch Using this type of change afoot and new branding just folded out, staffing up is only able to be described as a good register a division that experienced large-scale lay offs not way back when. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com