FORMER FORECASTER NOW A TEN PERCENTER
Or is 15% the going talent agent’s commission these days?
Category: Career Change
TURNING HER FOCUS TO AUTHORSHIP
Former Cincy anchor has a book for you to read
NEW ENGLAND WEATHER ICON ANNOUNCES HER NEXT ADVENTURE
She’s putting television behind her
PRINT TO TV? OF COURSE!! BUT TV TO PRINT??
It happens and it’s happening in Rhode Island
THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS NOT TELEVISION
Leaving the weather center for the ice cream stand
TIFFANY CRAIG LEAVES KHOU AFTER 13 YEARS
Following the death of her mother earlier this year, she is taking on a whole new role
ANOTHER EXIT FROM TV NEWS
A total of 9 years in Scranton,7 of them as sports director
FORMER WICHITA ANCHOR ANNOUNCES MAYORAL RUN
She tries on the “outsider” role as her strategy
FORMER CHATTANOOGA ANCHOR LANDS IN NONPROFIT LAND
He's now a marketing director
GIVING UP THE ANCHOR DESK
She’s returning to her radio roots
DONE WITH TV, ON TO THE PRINT WORLD
Guess what she WON’T miss?
SHE STILL IDENTIFIES AS A METEOROLOGIST, THOUGH
Left the business in February, and now she’s in PR
SHE’LL BE TELLING A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORY
Veteran San Antonio anchor leaving tv news
ON-AIR ANCHOR FOR AN INVESTMENT COMPANY?
She said her new job would involve being in front of a camera
WAVING FAREWELL TO TV NEWS
And hello to corporate development
ELECTING TO STAY AT HOME
New mom decides that is her career change.
AND HE MEANS IT!!
Former forecaster forsakes forecasting for firmer future
WICHITA ANCHOR TO EXPLORE A POLITICAL FUTURE
She quits to run for mayor
ANOTHER NON-RENEWED CONTRACT, ANOTHER EXIT FROM TV NEWS
She’s headed for the banking world
HE’S READY FOR ACTION. SHE’S READY FOR A NEW ASSIGNMENT
Buffalo shuffles
CORPORATE PR SWALLOWS UP ANOTHER TV NEWSER
Twin Cities political specialist abandons tv for media relations
EXITING IN VEGAS
Her ”next adventure” awaits. But where?
ANOTHER ONE ABANDONS TV NEWS
She lasted eight years in the business before heading for the world of PR
FORMER INDY ANCHOR OFFICIALLY ENTERS POLITICS
He's running for mayor of the town where he is a 30-year resident
HER NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS
Looking for a new start with a saner schedule. Good luck with that
FRESNO VET LEAVING FOR THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES
Family matters triggered his decision
AND ANOTHER ONE GONE
Leaving tv and headed for sports PR
AND ANOTHER ONE GONE
News exec headed for the nonprofit sector
ANOTHER “BITTERSWEET” BUH-BYE
What’s next? She’ll get back to us.
EVIDENTLY THE LATEST FORECAST IS A HOT HOUSE MARKET
Former forecaster team up in real estate with former anchor/reporter
WAKING UP IN DES MOINES
Earning an anchor chair
YAHOO! HERE HE COMES
Veteran Philly tv news guy goes digital
JUMPING NETWORKS
Departs CNN to become NBC News senior legal correspondent
IT’S THE PERSONAL TOUCH THAT COUNTS
A handwritten goodbye brings a tear to the eye.
MOVING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA
Putting reporting aside to become a producer
HE BURIED THE LEAD ABOUT HIS MOVING
He's leaving Indianapolis AND the news business.
VETERAN PITTSBURGH REPORTER KISSES OFF THE BUSINESS
Moving into flackery for a local district attorney
HE’S GOT A NEW PASSION TO PURSUE
And it does not involve tv news
NEW CAREER FOR AWAITS FORMER ALBANY ANCHOR
An Albany anchor exits the station and the career.
LONGTIME VA ANCHOR TURNS TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
After more than two decades, a broadcasting veteran exits the business,.
THE ALBANY EXODUS IS PRETTY AMAZING
The revolving door keeps spinning the New York capital city By our count, when meteorologist Tim Drawbridge signs off from Nexstar’s WTEN in Albany, NY, it will just about two dozen exits from the ...
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SPOKESPERSON JOINS CBS NEWS
Biden/Harris spokesperson gets "talking head" role with CBS News.
CROSSING FROM NEWS TO SPORTS AND ACROSS THE STREET
He had been covering news for another station
FORMER MUSIC CITY TV SPORTS ANCHOR OPTS FOR RADIO
She’s the latest to depart Nexstar’s WKRN
CAROLINA ANCHOR TRADES ANCHOR DESK FOR TEACHER’S DESK
Hannah Jeffries has been reporting for Gray’s WITN in Wilmington, NC for the past seven years and only recently found herself the station’s morning anchor. Now, she’s given it up and left the business. ...
FORMER ATLANTA ANCHOR TURNS AUTHOR FOR HISTORICAL FICTION FROM HIS PAST
Retired Atlanta anchor has a new assignment: Author
AFTER TWO DECADES, TAMPA ANCHOR EXITS BUSINESS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS
A career change comes for veteran Tampa anchor.
FORMER CONNECTICUT REPORTER OPTS FOR ACADEMIA
After seven years at NBC-owned WVIT in Hartford, CT. Dan Corcoran walked away from his anchor job, declaring on social media “this is the right time to move my skills and my experience in ...
ANOTHER EXIT TO THE PR SPHERE
The TV newser formerly known as Erin Edwards of Gray’s WFSB in Hartford, CT is now Erin Henry (her married name), the first public relations specialist for Danbury, CT. Edwards/Henry left WFSB earlier this ...
HE’S NOT RETIRING…JUST LEAVING TV NEWS
We told you Monday of the pending retirement of the Rochester, NY anchor team of Ginny Ryan and Doug Emblidge from Sinclair-operated WHAM after 30 years. As it turns out, when Emblidge steps down ...
OUTTA THE BUSINESS…FOR NOW
Former WIVB news director Lisa Polizzi has put the tv news business in her rearview mirror. Polizzi, who was fired by the Nexstar station in May, is the new executive communications manager and board ...
“I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT MY NEXT BIG MOVE”
But that doesn’t mean that Meagan O’Halloran, soon to be the FORMER anchor of “The National Desk” is ready to tell you what it is. But she did drop that she is leaving the ...
TO THE MEMORY OF HER DAUGHTER
Just shy of 33 years as a reporter/anchor/investigative reporter for Nexstar’s KELO in Sioux Falls, SD, Angela Kennecke is leaving the station and tv news to devote her full time to the non-profit she ...
PRINT PEOPLE TRANSITIONING TO…VIDEO? SCRIPPS IS HERE TO HELP
With a background in both print and broadcast news, Jim Iovino has been named head of the Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative. Google is funding the program, with the goal of helping print journalists make ...
HOUSTON REPORTER EXITS FOR TECH COMPANY
Reporter turns her attention to the public relations world.
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR MARKETING
Texas anchor leaves business for marketing position.
FORMER TV METEOROLOGIST HAS FOUND ANOTHER PROFESSION
Until June, Scottlin Williams had been a meteorologist for Nexstar’s WJTV in Jackson, MS. Now she’s a FORMER tv meteorologist and a FORMER tv newser. Williams is now Emergency Coordinator for Escambia County Emergency ...
FROM BROADCASTING TO BUS DRIVING
Taking retirement sitting down, a longtime reporter returns to his bus driving roots.
HER NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS
Back at the beginning of June, we reported that meteorologist Kelly Franson was leaving Hearst’s KOAT in Albuquerque, NM because, as she put it, “It’s time for new adventures away from the world of ...
FORMER SCRANTON ANCHOR JOINS THE POLITICAL CIRCUS
Back in March, we told you about the exit of WNEP anchor Tom Williams after 30 years at the station….26 of them at the morning anchor desk. At the time, he was a tad ...
SAN DIEGO REPORTER SWITCHES GEARS TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
New career from a former reporter in San Diego.
TEXAS SPORTS DIRECTOR LEAVES TV FOR ‘JOB OUTSIDE THE BIZ’
Longtime sportscaster put plans in place for future.
A DECADE OF TV NEWS WAS ENOUGH
Angela Brauer spent 10 years in tv news, the last five of them as morning anchor at Nexstar’s WTTV in Indianapolis. And now, her next adventure is working in the nonprofit world in Cleveland, ...
ANOTHER ONE IN THE REAL ESTATE GAME
Back in February we noted that Mark Wright wrapped up his 11-year anchoring career at Seattle’s KING without giving a clue as to his next step. Now we know that next step is into ...
LONGTIME ARIZONA TV NEWSER TAKES THE EXIT INTO REAL ESTATE
No, she won’t be flogging open houses, but Destry Jetton, late of Tegna (s-t-b Standard Media) station KPNX in Phoenix, AZ is now in the real estate business. She’s the new vice-president of communications ...
MONTANA SPORTSCASTER MOVES INTO NEW ROLE
Veteran Montana sportscaster exits for the sales world.
NEW BEGINNINGS FOR FORMER IOWA ANCHOR
From anchoring to public relations, a former Iowa broadcaster begins new career.
THIS TIME I’M REALLY LEAVING….
Victor Hugo Rodriguez is no stranger to exiting the tv news business. After entering the newsroom environment back in 2000 with Telemundo, he took a three-year break from 2013-2016 to work in the insurance ...
HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL…KIND OF
Nate Feken spent all but six months of his 10½ year tv news career at Nexstar’s KFOR in Oklahoma City as a sports reporter. And he’s decided now is the time to head back ...
METEOROLOGIST TAKING NEW CAREER PATH TO HELP SAVE LIVES
A veteran meteorologist is exiting the TV business to join a organization that fights cancer.
A CHANGE IN STORE FOR DALLAS ND
Laurie Passman, who’s been VP/News for CBS owned KTVT in Dallas for the last four years, is moving to a new…and yet to be revealed…role at the station. She sent this very detailed and ...
LEAVING TV NEWS AND HEADED FOR?
It looks like a trip into the world of PR….excuse us….corporate communications…for longtime Orlando morning anchor Christian Bruey. He is leaving Cox-owned WFTV. http://
FROM THE ANCHOR CHAIR TO THE BAR…REALLY!
After nine years of manning the anchor chair and reporting for KETV in Omaha, NE, David Earl is leaving the Hearst station and going back to school. Law school at the University of Nebraska. ...
KC SPORTS DIRECTOR QUITS TO BECOME TEAM’S PR PERSON
Dani Welniak signed off from her sports director job at Gray’s KCTV in Kansas City, MO just last Friday. A couple days later and here she is, the newly-minted executive director of communications for ...
FORMER REPORTER MAKES LEAP TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
Minneapolis reporter moves on, taking career in a different direction
LAS VEGAS ANCHOR EXITS WITH ‘DREAM TO START OWN BUSINESS’
A veteran Las Vegas anchor leaves with plans to start a new career.
REPORTER DECIDES TO COMMUNICATE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
Texas reporter makes the move to public relations with a position in education.
VETERAN MN REPORTER HINTS AT ‘NEW CHAPTER’ WHEN SHE LEAVES NEXT MONTH
"Dreams change" for veteran reporter who plans her departure next month.
LONGTIME ATLANTA REPORTER JUMPS SHIP TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POSITION
A reporter gives up TV news in Atlanta for a role with the FBI.
MOVING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA
After 16 years on the news set at Graham Media’s WSLS in Roanoke, VA, first as a meteorologist and, for the last 7+ years as an anchor, Patrick McKee is saying goodbye to the ...
A TIME SHIFT IN THE TWIN CITIES
We told you a couple of weeks ago about longtime morning anchor Jason DeRusha’s plans to exit CBS-owned WCCO in Minneapolis to “take leap and try a new adventure.” New adventure, same call letters. ...
‘NEW ADVENTURES’ FOR NEW MEXICO METEOROLOGIST
Meteorologist exits New Mexico station and the business.
NEW CAREER BLOSSOMS FOR LONGTIME WATERTOWN NEWSER
Longtime member of one Watertown newsroom is leaving the TV business.
…AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT….
We’ve more than our share of departures from tv news into such tried-and-tested fields as public relations and real estate. So we were a bit gob-smacked to find the next destination for Alison Morris, ...
EXPLORING ‘NEXT CHAPTER’ AFTER TWO YEARS REPORTING IN GREEN BAY
Green Bay reporter finds new career path after two years of reporting,
SHE HAS A DREAM AND SHE MUST FOLLOW IT
Rachel Skytta has been an MMJ with Nexstar’s KDVR in Denver , CO for the past two and a half years. Before that she was an MMJ at Gray’s KWCH in Wichita, KS for ...
METEOROLOGIST FORECASTS A RUN FOR MINNESOTA STATE SENATE
A chief meteorologist sets his sights on politics in Minnesota.
ANOTHER ONE LIKELY HEADED FOR PR?
After four years as an MMJ at Gray’s WWBT in Richmond, VA, Karina Bolster is walking away from the job and tv news and into a second career. http:// The phrase “communicating with the ...
WITHOUT TV, LONGTIME ANCHOR FORGES PATH IN REAL ESTATE
After 16 years, a former San Antonio anchor has found a new career path in the real estate market.
CHANGING CAREERS AFTER QUARTER-CENTURY AS WNYT PRODUCER
A longtime Albany news producer makes the move to communications director for Roman Catholic church.
EXITING THE BUSINESS AND STRIKING OUT ON HER OWN
After nearly a dozen years at the anchor desk for Nexstar’s WXIN, Fanchon Stinger, announced Wednesday that she will leave the Indianapolis station next month. “I’m retiring from broadcast news after nearly 30 years,” ...
TRADING TV NEWS FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
The Great Exodus continues as Kaitlyn Karmout puts Nexstar’s KXAN in Austin, TX and the tv news business in her rear-view mirror to become the corporate communication manager for an Austin-based tech firm. Karmout ...
HE’S HEADED RINGSIDE
It’s buh-bye to news, but not to television for Joe Galli, soon-to-be former reporter for Sinclair duopoly WOAI-KABB in San Antonio. After three years of reporting news, he’s going fulltime as a commentator with ...
HEARST LONGTIME CORRESPONDENT EXITS
Hearst's longtime national correspondent turns the page on her career.
CONNECTICUT POLITICAL REPORTER LEAVES FOR MEDIA COMPANY
Connecticut TV reporter will oversee magazines and podcasts with her new editorial director gig.
ANCHOR EXITS TO BUILD CONTENT FOR WALMART
Anchor switches career for an opportunity to work at top retail company.
JOURNALIST JUMPS TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
After more than at Denver TV station, reporter Kevin Torres finds a new career opportunity.
VETERAN SAN DIEGO REPORTER CALLS IT CAREER
After 30 years, a longtime KUSI reporter has retired from the San Diego station and this business.
