ABC Veteran Hired to Run NPC Broadcast Operations

ABC News veteran Vija Udenans has been hired as director of broadcast operations effective Oct. 4.

Udenans, whose career at ABC spanned more than 20 years, was ABC’s White House producer from 1994 to 2007. Recently she has been a Washington-based producer for “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America." Earlier in her career, Udenans was director of broadcast operations for the ABC News Washington bureau.

She has received the Peabody Award and the Dupont-Columbia Award, both for coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“The work of Vija Udenans speaks for itself and meets the highest standards in the industry,” said Club President Alan Bjerga. “We believe many leaders in Washington and beyond will want to have their video production needs met by the staff under her direction.”

Executive Director Bill McCarren called her “a true professional" and said the Club is "delighted to have her leading our broadcast team."

Udenans will lead a team of seven staff and dozens of part-time employees who shoot, edit, transmit and post video of events at the Club and other locations for clients, including broadcasters, governments, corporations and the public relations firms that serve them.

In 2006 the Press Club designed and outfitted a digital broadcast facility on the fourth floor, complete with studios, edit bay, control rooms, master control, green rooms and other support.

Udenans is a member of the White House Correspondents Association, Radio/Television Correspondents Association, American Women in Radio and Television and other professional organizations. She is a graduate of Michigan State University.