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AN IN-HOUSE MOVE
Jumping from one Telemundo station to another is Emilio Ramos, who is taking his MMJ talents from Dallas to Orlando. He will work the weekday MMJ shift from WTMO starting June 7th. “Emilio is ...
CICADA INVADES LIVE SHOT; REPORTER FREAKS
Yeah, you have to see this to believe it. CNN report Manu Raju was doing a live shot when a cicada showed up to photo bomb him. Hilarity ensued, as you can see from ...
AND YES….IT’S BITTERSWEET
After 8 years, morning news anchor Susanne Brunner is leaving Nexstar’s KARK in Little Rock, AR. Excuse us, we are feeling a little verklempt here…. But don’t cry for Susanne…she’s off to Dallas-Ft. Worth ...
WHICH BRINGS US TO….
This week’s Bonehead. Meet Caroline Kain, a 57-year-old Louisianian charged with sending a series of racist emails to the staff of a New Orleans television station – purportedly 81 of them between May 5 ...
LIGHTFOOT GETS SERVED
It was just a week ago today that we bestowed our coveted (not really) Bonehead Award on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot who heavy-handedly (we can’t stop) declared that henceforth she would only grant interviews ...
“AS UNHAPPY AS I AM ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, I AM NOT READY TO RETIRE.”
Read on.
IN BRIEF….MEET THE NEW BOSS EDITION
Another former news director has ascended to the heady atmosphere of General Managership. Andrew Vrees, who’s been Hearst Television’s vice president for news after having served in the ND chair at WCVB in Boston ...
THIS COMPANY HAS A TON OF OPENINGS
Check it out.
MEDIALINE TALENT JOBS: MAY 28
Here are this week’s job openings from our sister site, MedialineTalent.com. If you need help sending out your reel, getting contacts, coordinating interviews. We can do that. Contact the Job Catalyst Program team at ...
ON THE MOVE
Syma Chowdhry joins News 12 as a Freelance Anchor/Reporter. Syma has also accepted a position as a Freelance Anchor at The Law and Crime Network. Syma most recently worked as an Anchor/Reporter at ABC ...
NEW DALLAS ANCHOR
He’s coming from Tampa.
KENS RESPONDS TO SAN ANTONIO ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS
“We welcome a discussion with SAAHJ on this topic.”
HEADING OUTTA TV IN AUSTIN- ANOTHER TV EXIT?
KXAN investigative reporter Erin Cargile is signing off from her post in Austin, Texas. It sounds like she just felt it was time to move on. 13 years is a long time at one ...
WORKPLACE BIAS OVER ATTIRE?
People can be nasty.
ASK A NEW YORK NEWS ICON HOW IT WAS WORKING ON ZOOM…
And you’ll get the exact f*&ing answer you expected.
LOOOOONG-TIME KENTUCKY ANCHOR PLANS EXIT
It’s been a long time.
KSHB REPORTER LEAVES THE BUSINESS
We’ve seen a lot of people leave the business recently but none that have left for law. KSHB reporter Ariel Rothfield in Kansas City, Kan. announced on social this week that she’d been pulling ...
MORE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL
There’s more news coming to SF.
NEWSERS USUALLY ARE IN FRONT OF THE BAR BUT NOW….
This news director took an unexpected career turn.
AND NOW A WORD FROM THE REPORTER IN THE MIDDLE OF GUNFIRE
Presha is OK. But he does have some advice...
ANOTHER EXIT IN PITTSBURGH
WPXI weekend meteorologist is leaving. Danielle Dozier announced on Sunday evening that she’s leaving this week. She’s been with the station since April 2018. She’s going to another market but hasn’t said which one. ...
SAN FRAN REPORTER SAVES A MAN’S LIFE
She was out for a morning walk.
FORMER CHICAGO INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCER TURNS UP IN LA
It’s a good gig.
GUNFIRE RANG OUT DURING THIS ABC NEWS HIT
The reporter took cover during his live shot.
EL PASO ANCHOR DRINKING AND DRIVING
She was pulled over and arrested Friday night.
THIS TIME HE MEANS IT
It can be hard to pull yourself from the news director seat.
DEPARTED FOX HOST REPLACED
Fox News Channel has named the replacement for Jedediah Bila on Fox and Friend Weekend. Rachel Campos-Duffy will make her debut as the new host on Saturday June 12. She’ll co-host alongside Pete Hegseth ...
BUH-BYE TO THE BIG EASY
It isn’t easy.
CRUEL DISEASE SIDELINES VET ANCHOR
WYFF and its viewers are digesting some recent news. The Greenville station’s longtime morning anchor Geoff Hart has been diagnosed with an early on-set of Alzeheimers. This is something that he hoped wouldn’t be ...
A FORMER ND IS NAMED GM
He’s a Hearst legend.
LONGTIME TV REPORTER IS NOW A JUDGE
She made a quick transition.
A NEW BOSS NAMED AT WPIX
Nexstar has named the news director for WPIX, the company’s New York City property. Former WCBS assistant news director Nicole Tindiglia will move into the role starting June 1. She will report to Chris ...
STRATEGICALLY CHOOSING YOUR NEXT POSITION
When applying for or choosing a new position, ask yourself the following three important “Career Choreography” questions: 1. Will taking this particular position allow me to work on improving and/or polishing certain skills that ...
THIS MADE US LAUGH.
It’s gone viral but we never posted about it before.
SHOVED OFF THE KURVY KOUCH
There’s a replacement lined up.
WAY OVERDUE
So many people expected this.
AFTER A YEAR AWAY, LINDY THACKSTON RETURNS TO MORNING TV
Here’s how she went from a Stage 3 cancer diagnosis to returning to work.
FIRED FOR PUMPING?
Here’s this reporter’s story.
SIGNING OFF IN RALEIGH-DURHAM
Sports anchor Mark Armstrong says he just knows his time is up. It’s not because his station in Raleigh, N.C. WTVD is about to fire him. Or because he has another job. It’s because ...
INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW…
What the hell is going on?
TV JOBS MAY 22
Here are the latest TV Job openings from our job bank, Medialine Talent. If you’d like for our team to help you apply using our job placement services, email info@reelmediagroup.com. Content News Producer WGCL ...
ON THE MOVE
Jenn Schanz is promoted to Weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter at ABC Affiliate WXYZ in Detroit. Jenn joined WXYZ in 2019 after working at the CBS Affiliate in Buffalo. Jenn is a graduate of DePaul University ...
PREPARE YOURSELF…ANOTHER 24/7 NEWS CHANNEL IN COMING
This time it’s Univision preparing to launch a 24/7 news outlet that will be available through the company’s free streaming service Prende TV. Do we see a pattern emerging as more companies create “national” ...
NEW HORIZONS….NEW CHALLENGES
Tegna has moved Sydney Stallworth from its Huntsville, AL station, WZDX to KSDK in St.Louis, MO. In addition to weekday reporting, Stallworth will be co-anchoring the station’s Sunday morning newscast. She’s thrilled. Chelsey Hernandez ...
FINDING LIFE AFTER TV NEWS
Back in March, Delaine Mathieu abruptly walked away from her anchor chair and 16 years at Sinclair’s WOAI in San Antonio, TX. This was when Sinclair was in the midst of deep personnel cuts ...
TRADING IN ONE MARK FOR ANOTHER
The void left when Disney’s WLS in Chicago pulled Mark Giangreco off the air in January…and eventually firing him in March is finally being filled…..with another Mark. Mark Schanowski, a veteran of Chicago broadcasting, ...
FOX NAMES NEW SEATTLE DUOPOLY GM
Effective IMMEDIATELY, IF NOT SOONER, Sheila Oliver is taking the reins as senior vice-president and general manager of KCPQ-KZJO, the duopoly in Seattle. Oliver is taking the place of Pamela Pearson, who “retired” Thursday ...
THIS WEEK IN LITIGATION….FOX NEWS AGAIN
Fox News Channel continues its attempts to wriggle out of a billion-dollar-plus defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. The cable outfit claims its First Amendment rights would be stifled if Dominion is successful ...
THIS WEEK IN BS GRANDSTANDING…..LIGHTFOOT GETS HEAVY-HANDED
Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot has decreed that on the two-year anniversary of her Administration, she will grant interviews only to journalists of color. “I ran to break up the status quo that was failing ...
THANKFULLY, BACK ON THE JOB
We weren’t sure he’d be back.
NEWS DIRECTOR NAMED IN MOBILE
WKRG in Mobile, Ala. has a new news director. Gene Kirkconell will lead the newsroom and it will also be a homecoming. He’s from Alabama. “Joining WKRG News 5 is a homecoming,” said Kirkconnell. ...
FULL MOON OVER NEW JERSEY
We don’t know why people still think this is funny. Shoutout to the Action News cameraman for zooming in on the guy who mooned the live shot pic.twitter.com/YgsKaiskCt — Dan McQuade (@dhm) May 18, ...
LOOSENING COVID RESTRICTIONS IN NEWSROOMS
The time has come. YA! Some anchors haven’t been on the same desk, in the same building or seen each other in over a year. Starting this week though, we noticed things starting to ...
NEW NEWS EXEC IN HARTFORD-NEW HAVEN COMING FROM TEGNA OUTLET
It’s a good hire.
STATIONS ARE HIRING!
Why aren’t you applying??
TEGNA PROMOTES FROM WITHIN FOR KING/KONG NEWS DIRECTOR
“I cannot imagine a better fit for me.”
WATERLOO ANCHOR ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT
After just two months on the jobs.
BACK FROM MATERNITY IN A DIFFERENT TIME SLOT
In this case, it worked out.
A LEGEND RETIRES.
He takes a jab at the Cowboys on the way out.
NEW NUMBER ONE IN ASHEVILLE
A well earned promotion after 21 years.
HOW DO YOU COMPARE?
The RTDNA collaborated with the Newhouse School at Syracuse University to dig deeper into local TV salaries. Here is what they had to say. After falling in 2019 for the first time in seven ...
NEWS DIRECTOR MOVES
Here’s the latest.
IMMORTALIZED (FOR NOW) ON A WALL
Fox 26 reporter Isiah Carey is well-known in the community and very popular on social media with 95k followers on IG. He also hosts his own show called The Factor Uncensored (which he’s been ...
NOW THAT’S A BLOOPER!!!!
This would only happen in 2021.
BUT DOES LOCAL JOURNALISM DESERVE IT?
We think so.
WHAT HAPPENS TO CNN POST-MERGER?
CNN will have a new owner for the second time in a few years. AT&T is spinning of its media assets, including CNN, in a deal with Discovery, which is led by David Zaslav. ...
ANOTHER VETERAN OUT THE DOOR AT KDKA
She resigned.
MACON STATION MOURNS DEATH OF SPORTS ANCHOR
He was well-known and well-liked.
NEW ANCHOR NAMED IN GRAND RAPIDS
She’s well known in the market.
LEAVE NEWS, WIN BIG AT THE CASINO
This is a fun story! Former KOLO news anchor turned real estate agent Dave Lawrence Johnson won big at the Peppermill casino in Reno! He won a Model 3 Tesla or $30,000 cash as ...
IF YOU’RE LOSING HOPE, READ THIS
We think things are starting to turn around.
MICHAEL CORN TO LEAD NEWS NATION
The former ABC exec resigned last month.
AND NOW IT’S DOUBLE DUTY WITH NETWORK AND LOCAL
Kim Godwin has promoted WABC reporter CeFaan Kim to the network within the first couple weeks on the job. She sent out this memo to the staff. He will be taking on a hybrid ...
INTRODUCING THE NEW ANCHOR
At least station’s can onboard talent at the station now...
WHY DID A POPULAR ST. LOUIS REPORTER DISAPPEAR?
HINT: It had to do with something green.
SHE IS MOVING BACK HOME
She took one on-air job and got to come back.
DENVER MET GOING BILINGUAL
It’s a noteworthy hire for this station.
MISSOURI ANCHOR MOVES TO NEW STATION
He was on the beach after major layoffs.
TV JOBS: MAY 17
Here are the latest TV Job openings from our job bank, Medialine Talent. If you’d like for our team to help you apply using our job placement services, email info@reelmediagroup.com. Multimedia Journalist KXII Sherman-Ada, ...
ON THE MOVE
It’s a big jump for this N.C. reporter.
MEMPHIS REPORTER HEADED FOR MICHIGAN AND THE ANCHOR DESK
Amicia Ramsey joins the morning newscast at Gray’s WILX in Lansing, MI Monday morning. Ramsey will pair with Mallory Anderson at the anchor desk. She was most recently a reporter at Apollo Cox-owned WHBQ ...
MOVING EAST TO THE GULF COAST
Ramon Diaz starts Monday as main anchor of the 6 & 11 PM newscasts on Telemundo’s WRMD in Tampa, FL. He’s coming from sister station KXTX in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX where he has been ...
AND THE WINNER IS….
This week’s winner of the “Manufactured Outrage” award doesn’t work for any of the cable noise outfits. A huge surprise in itself. This week’s hands-down champ once had a fairly decent reputation in the ...
AN ORLANDO SHUFFLE IS UNDERWAY
Hearst Orlando, FL combo WESH/WKCF are moving around some chess pieces Meredith McDonough is coming off the evening anchor shift and, after her maternity leave is up, will move to mornings to co-anchor “WESH ...
JUMPING FROM COMMERCIAL TELEVISION TO PUBLIC RADIO
After a little more than two years at Sinclair’s WKRC in Cincinnati, OH, as a reporter-anchor, Walter Smith-Randolph is ditching the front of the camera for behind the microhone at Connecticut Public Radio. Smith-Randolph ...
ANOTHER VET HAS HAD IT WITH TV NEWS
After 17 years at family-owned WBBH in Ft. Myers, FL, 15 of them as morning anchor at the station, Clay Myers is heading for the door and away from television. “I have truly been ...
WAVE OF THE FUTURE: A DIGITAL-ONLY NEWSCAST
Another has popped up.
HOW TO MULTI-TASK – MULTIPLY YOURSELF
It was a solution in the moment.
THE MOST INSANE EXCUSE FOR BEING LATE TO WORK
Has this happened to you?
THIS AIN’T YOUR AVERAGE BUREAU
WRAL outdid themselves.
FROM NORFOLK TO HOUSTON
It’s a big jump.
KDKA VET WILL TAKE OVER WEEKENDS
We told you that longtime KDKA weekend anchor Paul Martino stepped away from the station after he was demoted to a full-time reporter role. The CBS Pittsburgh station has assigned his weekend spot to ...
TEGNA’S NEW SCRANTON BOSS
She rose from news director to general manager.
CBS4 CREW ATTACKED ON SOUTH BEACH
General assignment reporter Bobeth Yates was attacked while covering a story on South Beach. She was on Miami Beach covering a story about increasing crime. Recently a man shot a gun into a crowd ...
RTDNA BACKS WBFF
Earlier this week we told you about WBBF, the Fox station in Baltimore, Md., and the complaint the Baltimore City State’s Attorney filed with the FCC. Well, now the RTDNA is backing the Sinclair ...
NEWS DIRECTOR MOVES
Here’s the latest from Rick Gevers...
VACCINES BRING BACK SMILES
YAY!
