CNN — (CNN) — Sam Feist, CNN’s longtime Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, is departing the network to lead the nonprofit public affairs channel C-SPAN, the networks announced Tuesday.

Two high-ranking CNN executives are making their exit from the beleaguered network, stirring further anxiety as the company braces for aggressive cost-cutting ahead of a significant corporate spinoff.

NPR has appointed veteran journalist Thomas Evans as its next editor-in-chief, tapping the longtime CNN executive to lead its global newsroom during a period of financial and political upheaval for ...