Natalie Cabieses has been named news director at KCCI-TV, the Hearst-owned CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa.
She becomes the fifth news director in the station’s 70-year history.
Cabieses served as assistant news director at KCCI from February 2024 to March 2025 before her promotion. Prior to KCCI, she worked as executive producer at WISN-TV in Milwaukee from June 2021 to January 2024, where she oversaw the Kyle Rittenhouse trial coverage.
Her career includes three years as a producer at WFTV in Orlando (May 2018 to June 2021), where she launched an innovative long-format 11 p.m. newscast and produced special projects. She also produced the morning show focusing on breaking news, weather, and traffic.
Cabieses previously worked at Waterman Broadcasting (WBBH & WZVN) in Fort Myers from May 2015 to May 2018, producing the 6 a.m. newscast and later the 11 p.m. show.
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