MSNBC EMPLOYEES PETITION TO FORM A UNION
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KOMO FINDS NEWS DIRECTOR REPLACEMENT
He’s staying in the compnay.
MOVES…
There were a handful so we’re packing it in.
FORMER COLUMBUS REPORTER WANTS A SHOT AT POLITICS
Tom Sussi, a former TV reporter who kicked around the business for nearly thirty years….nearly nine of them in Columbus, OH…and who one time surprised a plumber by jumping out of a bathtub, now ...
IN BRIEF….MOVING THE CHESS PIECES EDITION
It’s always bittersweet, isn’t it? For three years, Shannon Lanier anchored the morning news on Nexstart’s KIAH in Houston…a CW affiliate. Now he’s leaving the station, and headed east to Orlando. And on Instagram ...
FORMER TRUMP SURGEON GENERAL JOINS MEDICAL TEAM IN INDY TV NEWSROOM
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams will join the Circle City-owned WISH medical reporting team as the station’s Medical Expert. The caps add a certain gravitas, doncha think? “I am eager to get ...
TV JOBS: JUNE 18
Here is this week’s TV Job List from our sister site, MedialineTalent.com. For a list of hundreds of jobs each week, log on! MMJ Journalist WALB TV Albany, GA Entry Level Anchor/Reporter KVLY Fargo-Valley ...
AND STILL ANOTHER NEWS DIRECTOR MOVES INTO THE GM CHAIR
Marian Davey, a nearly 20 veteran of FOX-owned KMSP, the last 8 of them as news director, is the Minneapolis station’s new senior vice-president and GM. Previously, Davey held the roles of managing editor ...
A 36-YEAR RUN IS COMING TO AN END.
Saying it’s time to move closer to his east coast-based family, veteran St. Louis reporter Roche Madden plans to sign off from Nexstar’s KTVI one last time on July 1. We like the “Now ...
11 DOWN, 2 MORE TO GO.
CBSN Sacramento launched this week, featuring local news content produced by O&Os KOVR and KMAX. It is the 11th of ViacomCBS’ 13 local direct-to-consumer streaming news services and features a regular schedule of newscasts ...
ATLANTA NEWSER REVEALS BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Wendy Corona, an anchor/reporter for Apollo/Cox’s WSB in Atlanta, announced during her 4 PM newscast that she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that the cancer was caught early on. ...
STATIONS FIND SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO FILLING VACANT JUDY JUDGE SPOT
We bet you can guess.
CBS THIS MORNING ANCHOR EXCUSES MAN FOR SHOPLIFTING
Video of a man stuffing a trash bag full of hair products at a Walgreens in San Francsisco while at least two people stood feet from him filming it all happen is going viral. ...
SHE WENT ROGUE, SOURCES SAY
Newsblues spoke to a handful of sources today to get to the bottom of what happened with Ivory Hecker, the Houston reporter who released secretly recorded videos of her bosses allegedly trying to “muzzle” ...
SHE SIGNED OFF IN CLEVELAND
With no notice.
WHERE HE’S GOING AFTER NASHVILLE
He has a great track record.
TWO NEW MORNING METS IN NEW ORLEANS
One has been around, the other hasn’t.
HOUSTON REPORTER IVORY HECKER TALKS TO PROJECT VERTIAS
She’s also fired.
FROM PRINT TO TV … THIS IS A BIG JUMP
She’s moving right into a SVP role.
AUDIO OF FOX 26 REPORTER BEING SUSPENDED RELEASED
James O’Keefe, the founder of the Veritas Project, has released the audio of Fox 26 reporter Ivory Hecker being suspended. This happened after her botched live shot Monday night in which she called the ...
SCRIPPS LAUNCHES A FLORIDA FOCUSED STREAMING NETWORK
Scripps is going to launch a 24-hour news network in Florida. The new statewide network will be available digitally for viewers in every Scripps market – Miami, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee and Fort ...
NEW BOSS COMES FROM ACROSS THE STREET
Good news, he knows the market.
LOCKWOOD BROADCASTING SHIFTS MANAGERS
It’s Augusta station has a new news director.
SHE TEASED THIS WOULD HAPPEN OVER A WEEK AGO
She alluded to being duped.
CNN ANCHOR FIGHTS OVARIAN CANCER
She got surgery and is back for now...
NEWS COUPLE HEADING FOR THE BIG APPLE
This so rarely happens.
THIS ISN’T YOUR AVERAGE NEWS DIRECTOR JOB!
It’s yours if you want it.
HOUSTON REPORTER CALLS OUT FOX FOR “MUZZLING” HER DURING LIVE HIT
This story gets more bizarre by the minute.
SHOCK SETS IN AS NEWS ABOUT ALABAMA ANCHOR’S SUICIDE BREAKS
45 year old Christopher Sign was found dead on Saturday.
NEXSTAR’S NEW TOPEKA NUMBER 1
He was already in Kansas.
TELEMUNDO NAMES LEAD CONSUMER REPORTER
There’s a new commitment to viewers who need help.
NEWS DIRECTOR MOVES
There’s family and retirements.
FROM THE WEATHER DESK TO NEWS DIRECTOR OFFICE
He’s making the leap to management after years as chief.
MOVING UP BUT STAYING IN THE COMPANY
This Tegna meteorologist made a lateral but smart move.
THIS STATION ADDED SEVEN NEW PEOPLE THIS YEAR
This is really the opposite of help wanted.
TV JOBS: JUNE 14
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FILL-IN WORK ISN’T COMMON IN THIS MARKET
But it makes sense.
BIG APPLE BOUND
From Market 24 to 1. ABC 11 meteorologist Brittany Bell is making the move and will become WABC’s next meteorologist. She’s going to join ABC’s flagship station starting this week. Bell has filled in ...
COMING HOME TO JOIN WGN
After decades away.
ANCHOR LEAVES BECAUSE NEW DEAL WON’T HELP HER CAREER ADVANCE
We’re guessing it was missing a digital component.
HEARST FINDS A NEW CORPORATE NEWS BOSS
Paige Harrison, a tv news veteran who has been running the news operation at Hearst’s WCVB in Boston, MA for the past four years, is being moved up to the corporate level. Harrison, who ...
TOOBIN’S MEA CULPA
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin returned to the cable news channel for the first time since last October, addressing the incident that got him fired by “The New Yorker,” and which kept him off ...
POLITICAL $$$ IS THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR LOCAL TELEVISION
Any of us who spent time in tv management (news and otherwise) over the past several decades knows full well the growing dependence of local television on political ad money. At least every two ...
WHERE WILL SHE TURN UP?
It’s been well over two weeks since Rita Garcia signed off from “Good Day LA” at FOX O&O KTTV with this teaser: <embed code> http:// LIFE UPDATE: TX LA TX ♥️ My last day ...
WELL, HE LASTED LONGER THAN HIS PREDECESSOR
Mitch Jacob made it to 28 months, give or take, as news director at Meredith’s (soon-to-be Gray’s) WSMV in Nashville, TN. That’s considerably more than his processor, Denise Eck, who held the job for ...
ANOTHER NEWS DIRECTOR MOVES TO THE GM SUITE
Lockwood Broadcasting announced that Mark Kurtz, for the past six years the news director at WAVY in Norfolk, VA will move out and up to the GM chair it’s the group’s WCAV in Charlottesville, ...
IN BRIEF….COMINGS BUT MOSTLY GOINGS EDITION
Starting June 21st , Scott Flannigan takes over as news director at NPG’s KMIZ in Columbia, MO. He most recently was with Meredith’s (soon-to-be-Gray’s) KCTV in Kansas City, MO. He replaces Curtis Hancock who ...
MONSTER FLY INVADES NEWS SET
When an insect claimed a front row seat at the WGN anchor desk Thursday morning, anchors Pat Tomasulo and Robin Baumgarten got to work. Gotta love the sound effects. Have a great weekend. We’ll ...
WHERE IN THE WORLD?!?!
He’s been missing from the show.
NIELSEN UNDER FIRE
Take a look at the numbers
HERE WE GO AGAIN: ANOTHER “UNBIASED” NEWS OPERATION
Take a look at this. Another news organization has popped up. The promise is that the content will be straight – no bias. Which is probably why it’s named Straight Arrow News. The man ...
INNOVATION AFTER TERMINATION
WAFB reporter Kiran Chawla left the Baton Rouge station abruptly in June 2020. She never said why and for the most part, she stayed quiet for the past year. Until now. Chawla posted a ...
AAJA X NABJ PANEL BRINGS TOGETHER TWO COMMUNITIES OF JOURNALISTS
“So that we, as journalists, can provide better coverage.”
THE WEATHER GUY’S GOODBYE
He said he was leaving. But they had to send him off.
THIS RETIREMENT WAS A LONG TIME COMING
We first found out about this New York legend stepping down in January.
PAY ATTENTION!! THIS COULD BE YOUR CAREER!
Be flexible.
BYE BYE D.C.
It’s time for a new chapter, but what?
BUFFALO STATION HAS UNIQUE FEEDER SYSTEM
This is a good lead for college grads.
ONE LEFT FOR DENVER, NOW THIS FLORIDA ANCHOR IS TAKING HER PLACE
She’ll begin this month
MYSTERY MIA IN CHICAGO
It’s not the first time she’s been gone.
THE MOST INSANE TORNADO VIEWER VIDEO
On Tuesday, tornados hit in Weld County, Colorado. And Denver stations covered it from all angles. On the ground, air and of course viewer photos. KDVR reporter Michael Konopasek posted the most insane viewer ...
YEARS AFTER HER FACEBOOK LIVE GOT 7.3 MIL VIEWS, THE GOOD NEWS KEEPS COMING
For anyone struggling to strike social media gold, read this.
A MOVE TO THE MANHATTAN NERVE CENTER
She’s overcome a lot.
ORLANDO STATION BRINGS ON MMJ
He started Monday.
HERE’S WHAT WILL GET EASIER NOW THAT NEWSROOMS ARE OPENING
We spoke to a handful of journalists who started jobs during the pandemic. Until now, more than 15 months, they haven’t stepped foot into their newsroom. They’ve moved to new cities, knowing no one, ...
CYBER ATTACK CONTINUES IN PITTSBURGH
Here’s the inside scoop.
BACK IN HARNESS
FROM RICK GEVERS… WNEM-TV, Flint/Saginaw, MI… JAYNE HODAK returns to TV at this Meredith (but being sold to Gray) owned CBS affiliate. More in this note from GM KEN FRIERSON. Jayne spent 16 years ...
ANYONE CAN BE AN ANCHOR!
But who's teaching them?
ON THE MOVE
She's moving up.
HOUSTON ANCHOR SAYS SHE LISTENED TO HER GUT
The moves leave a high-profile anchor spot open.
TV JOBS: JUNE 7
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LIGHTNING STRIKES DURING LIVE WEATHER HIT
It happened while bad Summer storms rolled through.
MORE NEWS FOR WNBC
This will add more work for some anchors.
‘TODAY‘ WILL START STREAMING
This is the future.
LEAVING FOR ST. LOUIS FOR THE NETWORK?
It’s the word on the street.
A NEW CHIEF MET IN TOLEDO
WTOL is elevating a handful of weather talent. In July, Chris Vickers will be promoted to chief meteorologist. He’s been with the station for 11 years waking viewers up. “Starting your day with a ...
KICKIN’ BACK TIME
Time to crack the adult beverage of your choice and enjoy (or wince) at the months gone by. We will be back Monday.
HEADING FOR THE NIGHTTIME ANCHOR DESK
It’s buh-bye to the dawn patrol and hello to the PM anchor desk for Lori Stokes at Fox-owned WNYW in New York City. http:// Her co-anchor for the past four years, Rosanna Scotto, is ...
IN BRIEF…THE SEQUEL: THE NEARLY AND DEARLY DEPARTED EDITION
Eric Olsen has left Scripps owned WTKR in Norfolk, VA after 2 1/2 years as news director. He’s a former ND in New Bern, NC, but before that was as EP for Tribune’s WGHP ...
HE WILL “FOCUS ON HIS HEALTH”
Midweek we told you about KTVU anchor Frank Somerville‘s Sunday night struggle to anchor the Bay Area station’s late newscast. Now he is on an “indefinite leave of absence.” Somerville went MIA from the ...
IN BRIEF… MOVING UP EDITION
A little over a month after exiting Scripps flagship WCPO in Cincinnati, Jasmine Minor has turned up at Circle City’s WISH in Indianapolis where she will be an investigative reporter.. Minor has also worked ...
GRAY-MEREDITH MATCH-UP SOLIDIFIED
Make that purchase price $2.825 billion. Gray Television’s purchase of Meredith Corp.’s Local Media division was sweetened by an additional $100 million, triggered by an unsolicited bid by another party. And no, we don’t ...
72 HOURS IS NOT ENOUGH
The newsroom is getting busier at Chicago’s WGN (not to be confused with the late-great WGN America which is now Nexstar sister operation NewsNation). Chicago media watcher Robert Feder tells us that even though ...
HANGING IT UP IN GREEN BAY
He had a long run.
A NEW FACE IN YAKIMA
She’s gonna do it all.
KABC MIDDAY ANCHOR PROMOTED
There’s never a bad time for that.
MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SUED BY CNN SECURITY GUARD
He was put in jail even with the proper permits.
METEOROLOGIST PROPOSED IN FRONT OF A TORNADO
Accuweather meteorologist Tom Bernard proposed to his girlfriend, meteorologist Raya Maday, in front of a tornado. It happened over the Memorial Day weekend. The two, who both work for the weather network, were planning ...
CHICAGO ANCHOR HAS A FAILING HEART
She’s was busy completing Triathalons and didn’t notice.
MAN ARRESTED FOR HARASSING THIS MORNING ANCHOR
The same man was arrested twice.
FROM PHILADELPHIA TO LOS ANGELES
It’s a great move.
LONGTIME ORLANDO ANCHOR PRODUCES NEW SPANISH HEADLINE SEGMENT
The mission is to get everyone informed.
FROM ANCHOR TO GOVERNOR?
WHAT!?!
ANOTHER ONE RETIRES
This after 25 years.
ANCHOR GOES OFF ON OREGON COUNTY OFFICIALS WHO COMPARED A VACCINE CARD TO JIM CROW
It’s getting heated in the state.
SAN FRANCISCO ANCHOR OFF AIR AFTER SLURRING MISHAP
There is a lot of buzz in San Francisco about what happened to KTVU anchor Frank Somerville on Sunday night. At the top of the 10 p.m. newscast, Twitter starting blowing up. Viewers tweeting ...
TV NEWS POST-COVID – BACK TO NEAR-NORMAL?
In Cincinnati, things are looking normal! It’s worth celebrating because this is happening in a lot of markets (and if you want us to showcase your station and back to work transition, email us!). ...
NASHVILLE SPORTS ANCHOR IS OUT THE DOOR FOR PARTS UNKNOWN
Nashville sports anchor Tagus Everett is leaving Fox 17 and moving up. Where? She still hasn’t said publicly but she will be leaving the station on Thursday. “It’s been a wild ride, Nashville! The ...
