HIRED WHILE IN COLLEGE IN A TOP 60 MARKET
Now she’s heading to an even bigger market.
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MORE REPORTERS HEAD HOME
It’s a trend we’re seeing...
REMEMBER THOSE PROMOTIONS? NOW A NEW MMJ HAS BEEN HIRED IN PHX
He comes from a network in Sonora.
FORBES HAS AN INTERESTING QUESTION…
Female meteorologists, read this.
AFTER A DEMOTION, LONGTIME JAX ANCHOR LEAVES
It’s been a 24 year run. But Paige Kelton is leaving Action News Jax. She shared her move on Twitter and the station website. Kelton said it’s time to start a new chapter. It’s ...
AFTER A HARTFORD TRIFECTA, SHE’S OUT
It’s been a long time.
ASK SPORTS QUEENS CHARISSA THOMPSON AND ERIN ANDREWS…
Yes, this is us telling you to click this to ask them anything. Within reason.
SHE BEAT COVID, NOW SHE HAS A NEW GIG IN DALLAS
She had a tough fight.
TWO FORMER NYC ANCHORS LAUNCH STIRR SHOW
“We’re very excited to be part of STIRR’s growing lineup of programming."
BEST ANCHOR EVER?
He got an unheard of goodbye!
A NEW MORNING NEWSER IN CONNECTICUT
WTNH, the Nexstar station in New Haven, Conn., has hired a new and seasoned morning reporter. Ken Houston comes from Lansing, Mich. where he was an anchor. It seems he’s taking a reporter gig ...
PA STATION NAMES REPLACEMENT FOR MET WHO WENT TO FLORIDA
He’s coming from North Carolina.
FROM KANSAS TO BOSTON … LEVEL UP
She made a dream come true.
HERE’S WHY COMMUNICATION IS KEY ….
This anchor handled is so well.
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED GETS A REBOOT AND A PODCAST
It re-launched last month.
HOMECOMING FOR PA METEOROLOGIST — SO MANY PEOPLE WANT THIS
We feel like this pandemic has made it this way.
WITNESSES SOUGHT IN SPORTS REPORTER’S DEATH
He was killed over the weekend.
On The Move
They are good, solid jumps.
CNBC REWORKS WASHINGTON D.C. LINEUP
Shepard Smith launched a new show at 7 p.m. on the network this Fall.
REPORTER EXEMPT FROM TESTIFYING IN MURDER TRIAL
Let’s talk about the shield law.
HE’S BEEN THERE SO LONG, THE CITY NAMED A DAY AFTER HIM
40 years, that’s how long it’s been.
WPIX IS WITHOUT A NEWS DIRECTOR
It was a long time coming.
NATION’S HIGHEST-PAID LOCAL SPORTS ANCHOR GETS THE SACK
WLS sport anchor Mike Giangreco made a $1 million a year at one point anchoring the local ABC news cast in Chicago. To people just coming into the business, that seems unheard of. But ...
NEW SPANISH NEWSCAST FOR THE CORD CUTTERS
It’s happening now, everyday at 6.
ALBANY GA DUOPOLY GETS A NEW BOSS
He’s done every job in the business.
TV JOBS: MARCH 11
Weather people, check this out.
SINCLAIR’S PINK SLIPS CONTINUE TO FLY
Little more than a week into its campaign to cut 5% of its 9,211-strong workforce (that mean the elimination of about 460 jobs) Hunt Valley, MD-based Sinclair Broadcast is moving quickly among its 125 ...
PUTTING A BRAVE FACE ON THE MESS THAT IS NEWSNATION
You would think that with numbers hovering in the area of what a 125+ sized market would consider ok, the suits in Irving Texas would be stepping back to take a cold, hard look ...
SIX YEARS AND DONE
Has it been six years already? The national search is on for a replacement for Blake Sabatinelli, the recently-departed CEO of Scripps-owned Newsy. Sabatinelli, a Scripps veteran since 2007, took the reins of the ...
SERIOUSLY, KNBC?
In all fairness, there is probably no one in this NBC O&O’s newsroom who is old enough to know the difference between Roger Mudd and John Chancellor – this, kids, is John Chancellor.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Chad Sabadie is moving south from Baton Rouge, LA and the evening anchor chair at Tegna’s duopoly WVLA-WGMB to the Big Easy where he will preside over the dawn patrol at Hearst’s WDSU. It’s ...
ROBERT MULHOLLAND – FORMER NBC NEWS EXEC
It was almost exactly 37 years ago that Robert Mulholland shocked the industry with his abrupt departure from the office of President and CEO of NBC, a position he had held for two-and-a-half years. ...
WSFL FOUND A PARTNER TO LAUNCH A NEWSCAST
They aren’t hiring though.
D.C. ANCHOR DETAILS HIS COVID NIGHTMARE
I couldn’t carry a light blanket from my bed into the living room.
CHICAGO GM SETS EXIT DATE
He wasn’t pushed out. But he does want to leave.
NASHVILLE WEATHER GUESSER DISAPPEARS
I am no longer working here...
POLICE PRETEND TO BE A LOCAL REPORTER TO LURE A HOSTAGE SUSPECT
The reporter found himself in a predictment.
MANAGERS COME AND GO
There is always a need.
FORMER OKC ANCHOR IS BACK FROM HOLLYWOOD
KOKH, the Sinclair station in Oklahoma City, has brought back a familiar face to be a contributor on it’s lifestyle show. Amy McRee is joining Oklahoma Living, a mid-day show which is hosted by ...
SHE’S LEAVING NETWORK FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
She’s made a move from network to public broadcasting. PBS Newshour has named former NBC News producer Talesha Reynolds to senior content and special projects producer. Reynolds had been producing for Nightly News, Today ...
VEGAS SPORTS ANCHOR LOOKS FOR NEXT GIG
She was let go as part of massive cuts.
FORMER DC ANCHOR LEADS NEW NBC NEWS NOW NEWS BLOCK
Ratings are up.
FROM MIAMI TO VEGAS
These aren’t bad markets!
NEWSNATION VICE PRESIDENT IS OUT: WE’VE CONFIRMED THE DETAILS
By this morning, you’ve probably read some rumors or heard something from friends who either work or know someone working at NewsNation. Newsblues has confirmed it’s true. Jennifer Lyons, who rose to the network ...
FROM ANCHOR TO RIGHT-WING RADICAL
Here’s what happened to Kari Lake.
GRAND RAPIDS REPORTER HOSPITALIZED AFTER CONTRACTING WEST NILE
He's been suffering from a serious reaction to the disease.
THE REPORTER WHO ONCE STUMPED KENNEDY HAS DIED
He was 93.
ALBANY ADDS FOURTH MORNING ANCHOR
It’s a packed show but it wins.
PREGNANT IN A PANDEMIC: AN OPEN LETTER
KSAT anchor Courtney Friedman is putting it all out there for viewers and other journalists who need support in and around the San Antonio, Texas area. Pregnant during a pandemic. A lot of women ...
VETERAN EXEC STEPPING DOWN AT UNIVISION
After a 15 year run with Univision, the EVP and chief communications officers Rosemary Mercedes has resigned. The mother of young daughters is stepping out of her high power role to spend more time ...
LIFE AFTER NEWS AND IT’S NOT PR
In 2019, April Samp left WOI-TV, the now Tegna-owned station in Des Moines, Iowa. She had been with the station for close to seven year and nearly two decades in broadcast journalism. The single-mom ...
NEW JOB ALERT: TRY THIS STARTER MARKET
Here’s the station: WXOW, La Crosse, Wisc. Current Openings: WXOW Weekend Multimedia Journalist WXOW Morning Anchor/MMJ WXOW Weekend Anchor/MMJ What makes La Crosse a great starter market: The WXOW newsroom is filled with storytelling ...
TOP NBC NEWS EXEC TAKES THE EXIT
“I feel privileged and proud to be returning as CEO.“
HE’S BEEN OUT OF THE BIZ FOR TWO YEARS… BUT NOW HE’S BACK
He’s heading for Denver. But where?
AUSTIN STATION PREEMPTS 6 P.M. FOR A DOCUMENTARY
Who do you think produced it?
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RE-CREATE SAN DIEGO NEWSCAST
A group of elementary students in San Diego have created their own news show. Call it a Covid project, these kids are putting together mini newscasts full of news and weather. So when NBC ...
LAYOFFS HIT TENNESSEE STATION
Longtime personalities have been let go.
STEPPING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
“It’s a job she is not only well-suited for but combines her passions of sharing information.”
NEWSMAX HIRES GUILIANI- NO, NOT THAT ONE
Rudy Guiliani’s son Andrew is NewsMax’s newest contributor. Andrew worked as an aide to former President Donald Trump. He made the announcement that he’ll be a regular contributor on the ring-wing network starting this ...
TV JOBS: MAR. 5
Here are the latest TV Job openings from our TV Job Bank MedialineTalent.com. If you’d for our team to help you apply, email info@reelmediagroup.com Morning News Anchor KRGV Harlingen, TX 1 year experience Weekend ...
SOON IT WILL BE NO TRICK
The station needs a new face.
A NEW WEATHER GUESSER IN SOUTH BEND
He’ll work alongside the current chief for a while.
NEWS DIRECTOR SHUFFLE
A vacancy has been filled.
WFTV ANCHOR SAYS SHE’S NOW FIGHTING BREAST CANCER
Our friend WFTV morning anchor Nancy Alvarez posted something that took our breath away on Friday. She has been diagnosed with breast cancer and said that while she’s lucky (it’s Stage 1 and very ...
D.C. ANCHOR GOES FROM SUSPENDED TO FIRED
After posting a Tweet that got him in trouble, Fox 5 D.C. evening anchor Blake McCoy no longer works at the station. Here’s how we know. The anchor was suspended a couple weeks ago ...
INTERIM NO MORE
Stop sending in the resumes and, for God’s sake, no more phone calls. The nationwide search is over and the newly-named News Director at Tegna’s KSDK in St. Louis, MO is…..Art Holiday Yep, that ...
“NEWS NATION” SUFFERING RATINGS STARVATION
What if they launched a revamped national news effort and nobody came? We seem to be finding out with this week’s much-ballyhooed relaunch of the former WGN America as “News Nation.” Monday night, the ...
40 YEARS IS ENOUGH
Let the national search begin. Anthony Maisel, news director for the past five years at Lockwood’s KAKE in Wichita, KS is calling it a career following the May sweeps this year. Maisel, who joined ...
GOODBYE AND….WELL HELLO AGAIN!
It was almost exactly a year ago that we told you that Nicole Koglin was bidding a tearful farewell to the tv news business and Milwaukee’s FOX O&O WITI to “spend more time with ...
HEADED FOR A NEW ROLE IN HOTLANTA
After eight years on the anchor desk at Quincy Media’s WREX in Rockford, IL, Kristin Crowley is taking on a new role in a new location. She’s headed for Atlanta and Tegna’s WXIA as ...
THE GIG BECOMES FULLTIME
Tegna’s KTHV in Little Rock, AR has finally acknowledged meteorologist Skot Covert’s weather obsession. After a year of parttime work at the weather center, Covert has become a full-fledged member, joining the “Wake Up ...
GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK
The weekend is here. Lighten up
CALI REPORTER HELD AT GUNPOINT IN THE FIELD
He was investigating a string of robberies.
SINCLAIR LAYOFFS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
News about Sinclair laying off hundreds of employees due to the Coronavirus impact on the company is really upsetting. We know that Sinclair isn’t the only company being forced to make cuts. On Wednesday, ...
SERIOUSLY????
“I’m really excited about my gown.“
ALLEGED AILES VICTIM LOSES ANOTHER ROUND IN COURT BATTLE
Former Fox News guest booking director Laurie Luhn who has filed a federal defamation suit against the network and its chief executive Suzanne Scott lost a major legal battle this week. A second court ...
NOW WE KNOW WHY HE SUDDENLY LEFT
It has to do with two main anchors.
CANCER TAKES LIFE OF JACKSON ANCHOR
He also ran for Mayor.
ORLANDO ANCHOR GETS SKIMMED
It happened to hundreds of people.
THE MANAGEMENT SHUFFLE
This Waco to Cable move got us.
THE ANCHOR HUNT IN BUFFALO IS ON
There’s no word on what’s next.
TWO GONE IN CONNECTICUT
The listings should be up soon.
A FORMER INTERN RISES TO THE ANCHOR DESK
“I looked up to the journalists who held this position before me.”
MEET THE NEW BOSS
He’s as close to home as he’s ever been.
SHE ‘DOESN’T LIKE THE DIRECTION’ THE NEWS IS GOING
So she quits.
SCRIPPS’ INVESTMENT IN DIGITAL
He’s coming from WarnerMedia.
WELL YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED US OVER WITH A FEATHER
We don’t
SHE’S PUTTING HER LAW DEGREE TO WORK
And moving to Atlanta.
SHATTERED WINDOW WAKES UP BOSTON REPORTER
She still doesn’t know what happened.
SHOOTING BREAKS OUT DURING REPORTER’S LIVE HIT
He is OK.
THE BALTA CHRONICLES CONT’D (EXPLAINING HIS EXIT)
“It is clear to me now that WTTW leadership and veterans were not ready for real change nor impact.“
50 YEARS BEHIND THE LENS
He has a day named after him!
BACK HOME AND ON TOP
It’s a good station and good job.
AND NOW A FORMER ALBANY TV REPORTER ACCUSES CUOMO OF BULLYING
A former Albany reporter Lindsay Nielsen came out yesterday with guns blazing. She called our Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration for bullying her while she was covering the administration while working at Local 10. It ...
POPULAR TAMPA ANCHOR HEADS NORTH FOR A BETTER SHIFT
“I’m super excited about this next chapter - but will definitely miss my family here in Tampa.”
MAKING HISTORY IN LANCASTER
“Hey look am, I made it.”
A PANDEMIC EXIT
“The last year has taken a toll on all of us, including me.“
FOR NEXSTAR EXEC, IT REALLY IS JUST RETIREMENT
As Nexstar continues to expand, one of it’s top executives will retire. Timothy Busch, the company’s president of broadcasting, will step down on June 1 after 36 years in broadcasting and 20 at Nexstar ...
