Roles shifting at CBC: Smith, Solomon, Kelley, MacNeil and more

As a part of the layoffs and structural shifting at CBC, a few more staff changes have been put in place, The Toronto Star reports.

The changes the Star reported are:

• CBC News Washington correspondent Alison Smith will move to CBC Radio’s World at Six (joining Bernie McNamee and new senior producer Don Spandier)
• The Star‘s refers to “insider” sources saying that Mellissa Fung is the first choice to replace Smith, but this has not been confirmed
• Mark Kelley (correspondent and substitute anchor for The National), Evan Solomon and Carole MacNeil (former hosts of cancelled Sunday show) will become part of CBC Newsworld’s on-air team
• Paul Hambleton was named managing editor of the Ottawa parliamentary bureau
• Jonathan Whitten is set to become director of The National
• Mark Harrison is set to become executive producer of The National