Chanel Carmona serves as Manager of Development, Original Series for CNN, where she helps oversee creative development strategy on the West Coast. In this role, she is responsible for expanding CNN’s Original Series roster by identifying and executing new non-fiction projects. Chanel has increased CNN’s programming lineup with such series as HIGH PROFITS, RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE WITH KEVIN SPACEY, UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA WITH W. KAMAU BELL, and BELIEVER WITH REZA ASLAN.

Prior to joining CNN in February 2014, Chanel was in Alternative Programming at The CW Network, working on projects like AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?, BREAKING POINTE, and OH SIT!.

Chanel holds a degree in Sociology from Princeton University.

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