Mike Ahlers

About

Television and on-line journalist and newsroom manager. More than a decade as CNN’s senior producer for homeland security, aviation and government regulation. As a reporter and producer, cultivated sources and broke news in some of the most competitive stories of recent years, including the Columbine, Virginia Tech and Sandy Hook shootings, the DC snipers, the Florida vote recount, Chandra Levy’s disappearance, Michael Jackson’s death, and the 2010 “toner cartridge” terrorist attempt. As a manager, excels at bringing together diverse interests to achieve a common goal, at building strategic resources and at developing and upholding sound journalistic practices and principles in sophisticated media markets.