Margaret Cronan

Margaret Cronan is News Director for WCVB, Boston’s News and Community Leader. A communications and marketing executive, she returned to Hearst Television in August 2021 to lead NewsCenter 5, becoming just the eighth News Director in the station’s distinguished history. Margaret oversees all digital and linear news content for WCVB including breaking news, weather, sports, investigative and consumer, and special projects, such as the station’s production of the Boston Marathon which airs nationally on ESPN. Margaret is honored and humbled to lead a committed team of journalists who, in 2026, received the National Association of Broadcasters Service to America First Informers Award for the station’s coverage of the mass shooting at Brown University. Previously, Margaret served as Vice President and News Director at KYW-TV in Philadelphia and as News Director at Hearst Television’s WBAL-TV in Baltimore and WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach. Her career also includes producing roles in New York and Los Angeles. She founded MCronan Communications where she provided strategic communications and leadership consulting to news and nonprofit organizations. She also served as Chief Communications Officer at the National Constitution Center, Director/General Manager of Television for NAVTEQ/Traffic.com, and Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer for a distinguished Pennsylvania law firm. A Philadelphia-area native, Margaret earned her degree from the University of Pennsylvania.