Cassie Spodak - Senior Producer for Digital Video News
Cassie Spodak
Senior Producer for Digital Video News
Cassie Spodak leads CNN's DC digital video news team covering politics. She also produces, writes, shoots and edits original news videos.
Latest
Black or ‘Other’? Doctors may be relying on race to make decisions about your health
Jul 6, 2023
Race correction in medicine is the use of a patient’s race in a scientific equation that can influence how they are treated. Race correction in medicine has pitted medical students against their teachers, attracted the attention of Congress and led to a big lawsuit against the NFL.
A new lens on America’s past
Feb 23, 2023
These are the forgotten and untold stories of America’s past, hosted by CNN’s Abby Phillip, Suzanne Malveaux, Omar Jimenez, Athena Jones, Ryan Young, John Avlon and more. Knowing these stories might reshape your understanding of the disparities the country faces today.
About
Cassie Spodak is a senior producer for CNN’s digital video team covering national politics. During the 2016 election she traveled the country covering presidential candidates and issues affecting voters.
Spodak started at CNN on the New York Assignment Desk before moving to the Washington, DC bureau. She has produced for all of CNN’s DC based shows and helped launch “The Lead with Jake Tapper” in 2013.
Spodak graduated from Barnard College in New York City.
