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IT’S NOT PR….IT’S COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, OK?
Robert Feder reports that Rob Johnson, who abruptly signed off in March as top news anchor at Chicago’s CBS-owned WBBM, has segued to a new ...
COMES TO THINK OF IT, HE KINDA LOOKS THE PART
He wrapped up 35 years of being the face of news for Sinclair’s WKRC in Cincinnati, OH back in June. At the time, Rob ...
GETTING TO BE A HABIT. PUN UNINTENDED
We told you last week that in an effort to put the past, and a harsh grand jury report behind it, the Pittsburgh PA ...
GETTING FURTHER INTO ACADEMIA
Former sports anchor Neil Hartman has been named Rowan University’s new director of the Center for Sports Communication & Social Impact. Rowan is located ...
A RETURN TO ACADEMIA
Tribune-soon-to-be-Nexstar’s WHNT in Huntsville, AL is saying goodbye to its weekend morning weather guesser, Gabrielle Deabler. Deabler, who spent three years at the station, ...
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO “HMMMM??!!!”
Down Knoxville way, some fans of discarded WVLT meteorologist David Aldrich was up against it. So, they started up a “Go Fund Me” campaign ...
GLOR RESURFACES AND SEEMS UPBEAT
Tonawanda, N.Y.’s gift to tv journalism has given his first post-“CBS Evening News” interview to a Buffalo journalist and one thing is clear. [Jeff ...
PUTTING HIS STAMP ON A NEW JOB
Tom Loebig has a new job as the Chief Content Officer of the American Philatelic Society. (see what we did there?) Tom’s been with ...
FINDING A NEW PASSION IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE
Once upon a time, Russ Ptacek went after discriminatory cab drivers, vermin-filled restaurant kitchens, and more as an aggressive investigative reporter for Tegna’s WUSA ...
CARVING OUT A NEW CAREER IN SCHOOL PR
Julie Bercik spent ten years in tv news as a reporter, most of them at Nexstar’s WKBN in Youngstown, OH. When she left the ...
“NO IMMEDIATE PLANS” GETS IMMEDIATE
Remember back in January when we told you that Nadine Woodward, on her way out as anchor at Morgan Murphey’s KXLY, said she had ...
CURRY TO FRONT MEDICAL MYSTERY SERIES
The rumor mill may have Ann Curry heading for a slot at CBS News – most likely at “CBS This Morning”, but she’s not ...
WE COULD HAVE FORECAST THIS
You could say it’s weather for the Heller of it. Tim Heller, who signed off from Disney’s KTRK after 17 years of forecasting weather ...
AN ATYPICAL LIFE AFTER TV NEWS
Life after tv news usually involves a pr job, something in the nonprofit world or writing a book. Or you survived all the interoffice ...
LONGTIME TV EXEC PENS “HOW-TO” BOOK
Hank Price, who retired last November from Hearst’s WVTM in Birmingham, AL after four years decided it’s time to share the wisdom he accumulated ...
FORMER ND LANDS OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS
Chris Turner, when we last checked in November, had exited as ND for WJTV and WHLT in Jackson/Hattiesburg, MS . He’s made a soft landing as ...
“WHY I DISAPPEARED…”
In one of those web postings that quickly achieves viral status, Brittany Noble, a former tv journalist at Nexstar’s WJTV in Jackson Mississippi, describes ...
FORMER WFAA ANCHOR UPDATE
You may recall long time WFAA (ABC) anchor Shelly Slater. She stepped away from the anchor’s desk back in September of 2016 and transitioned to ...
DON’T CRY FOR ME, GREATER WICHITA
If you were wringing your hands over the fate for former KAKE morning anchor Jemelle Holopirek, you can stop now. She left the Lockwood ...
FORMER WKMG REPORTER NOW AN AUTHOR
Steven Cooper, once upon a time an investigative reporter for Graham Media’s WKMG in Orlando, will be back on the station ever so briefly ...
“SHOULD I RUN FOR PRESIDENT OR BE A CABLE TALKING HEAD?”
That hypothetical question may be running through the head of Ohio Governor John Kasich, whose term as the Buckeye State’s Chief Executive is drawing ...
FORMER SPORTS GUY TEAMS UP WITH QB AARON ROGERS FOR AD
Back in the 90’s, he was the “nice guy” sports anchor at Lafayette, LA’s. KATC. Pat Minnis’ on-again-off-again tenure at the station between 1992 ...
FORMER LOUISVILLE ANCHOR GETS A QUICK PROMOTION
Former anchor Renee Murphy made her tearful goodbyes last month at Tegna’s WHAS in Louisville after 15 years. Now it’s all smiles as her ...
FORGET THE LAW, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
An unsuccessful Congressional run last year has former Dallas investigative reporter Brett Shipp back pursuing his former avocation, in a slightly different format. Shipp ...
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO….?
Mark Clegg was a more-than-familiar face during his 12 years anchoring at Scripps KSHB in Kansas City. He ended his 27-year tv news career ...
“…MOVING BACK TO CAMPUS…”
KOMU morning meteorologist Tori Stepanek has left the station after ten years, declaring on Facebook she is returning to campus. “I can honestly say ...
FORMER PHILADELPHIA SPORTSCASTER NOW SELLS HOUSES
After 19 years on the air covering MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies and holding down an anchor slot at the former Comcast SportsNet (now NBC SportsNet), ...
FORMER EL PASO ANCHOR EDGES INTO POLITICAL ARENA
Back in February, Rick Cabrera stepped down from the anchor desk at News-Press & Gazette’s KVIA in El Paso, TX, calling it a “scary ...
FORMER REPORTER GOES A LITTLE BIT CORPORATE
Julie Parise, who exited Weigel’s WDJT in Milwaukee, WI earlier this year, has turned up as director of broadcast services for a suburban Philadelphia ...
SUPPELSA HAS LEFT CHICAGO
Seven months after he retired as news anchor at Tribune’s WGN, Mark Suppelsa and his wife, Candus, put Chicago in their rear-view mirror and ...
FORMER CNN REPORTER GOES THE POLLING ROUTE
Mary Snow, who spent more than a decade reporting for CNN, is now a polling analyst with the Quinnipiac University Poll. Her job will ...
FROM THE ANCHOR DESK TO THE BOOKING DESK
Starting today, if Rockford Illinois morning tv viewers are looking for Christie Nicks, they’ll have to check the cop shop. Nicks has signed off ...
FORMER ND FINDS PURPOSE IN NUMBERS
Jerry Post spent more than 25 years in the news business, 20 of them at Morgan Murphy’s KXLY in Spokane, WA. But last October, ...
STARS IN HIS EYES
From 2004 to 2014, JB Bauersfeld held forth at Gray’s WIBW in Topeka, KS, starting out as a photographer and eventually becoming sports director. ...
SIGNING OFF IN DES MOINES
It’s a lucky 13….years that is, for KCCI sports director Andy Garman. He’s signing off the Hearst station in Des Moines, IA, after a ...
NEW BUSINESS, NEW LOOK. AND HOW!
Sarah Lucero’s exit from the tv news business was not exactly voluntary. She left Tegna’s KENS in San Antonio last fall after 20 years ...
BUH-BYE TO THE BIZ IN BIRMINGHAM
School communications must be the new PR for people trying to escape tv news, because we’ve reported on quite a few in the past ...
HOUSTON REPORTER HANGS UP HIS MIC
Veteran Houston tv reporter Kevin Quinn signed off Disney’s KTRK for the final time last week as he left the business to become spokesperson ...
PHILLY WEEKEND ANCHOR SEEKS “FREEDOM AND FLEXIBILITY”
After ten years, weekend morning anchor Nicole Brewer called it quits over the weekend. “There’s no drama, no back story. I just want to ...
“IT’S A DYING BUSINESS”
C’mon Elsa, tell us how you really feel. Less than a year after Elsa Ramon renewed her contract with CBS duopoly KCBS-KCAL in Los ...
ANOTHER WANE ANCHOR HEADS FOR THE DOOR
When Heather Herron announced back in March that she was leaving the tv news business after 17 years to take PR job for a ...
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC’S JERRY FRANKLIN SETS RETIREMENT
After more than three decades of leading Connecticut Public (Broadcasting), Jerry Franklin is ready to give someone else a shot at it. And by ...
DFW TV NEWS VET FLEES FOR PR JOB
Boy, Saul Garza had really had it uptohere with the tv news business and his early morning shift. While scheduled to work until the ...
UNHAPPY RUMBLINGS BY THE BAY?
Bay area blogger Rich Lieberman is reporting that another KGO veteran is out the door of a dissatisfied shop. He’d been reporting for the ...
PANHANDLE WEATHER VET CALLING IT QUITS
A 29-year run forecasting weather for Nexstar’s WMBB in Panama City ended this weekend for Jerry Tabatt. Tabatt joined the station in 1989 after ...
THE RETURN OF RON MAGERS
Legendary Chicago anchorman Ron Magers, who retired from Disney’s WLS in Chicago two years ago this month, will be back on the air at ...
IN SEARCH OF “A BETTER WORK/LIFE BALANCE”
Kaley O’Kelley, who has been an anchor for Dallas CBS O&O KTVT since January 2015, announced Thursday afternoon on Facebook that she will leave ...
33-YEAR NEWS VET OPTS FOR LIFE AFTER
Veteran Honolulu morning news anchor Ron Mizutani has left Nexstar’s KHON in Honolulu to become president and CEO of the Hawaii Food Bank. “How ...
WICHITA SPORTS ANCHOR HEADS FOR THE DOOR
Will Kunkel, sports director at Gray’s KWCH in Wichita posted the news on – where else? – Facebook. “THANK YOU to everyone in Kansas ...
ANOTHER DEPARTURE AT WGNO
Please say the Tribune New Orleans station isn’t being fitted for a revolving door. A week after anchor Anne Cutler announced her departure from ...
LEAVING THE ONLY JOB HE ‘REALLY EVER WANTED TO DO’
A 40-year broadcasting career, begun when he was still in his teens, comes to an end next month when Roger Cornish steps down from ...
LONGTIME RICHMOND ANCHOR SETS RETIREMENT
Chalk up another sweeps farewell tour as Sabrina Squire retires May 23 from Raycom’s WWBT (NBC12) in Richmond, VA Squire began her career at ...
ANOTHER ONE FLEES THE BUSINESS
Kristen Drew, a soon-to-be former reporter for Sinclair’s KOMO in Seattle, WA is waving goodbye to the business and saying hello to “life after” ...
REPORTER LEAVES WFSB FOR PARTS UNKNOWN
It’s three years and gone for Hartford, CT reporter Sujaita Jain, who’s cleared out from Meredith’s WFSB. According to her Facebook post, her landing ...
BUH-BYE TO THE BUSINESS
Saying farewell to Topeka and to the teevee news business is Kyle Borchert, meteorologist at Nexstar’s KSNT for the past 5+ years. He’s announced ...
NORTH CAROLINA ANCHOR MAKING EXIT
The days are dwindling down to a previous few for Nicole Ducouer at Hearst’s WXII in Winston-Salem, NC. Friday is her last day at ...
FORMER CNN WH CORRESPONDENT TURNS AUTHOR
Jessica Yellin reported for ABC News, MSNBC and, finally, was chief White House correspondent for CNN before leaving the business in 2013, is now ...
TEN YEARS AND OUT
And another exit from the business. Zack Schneider, who’s been doing sports on Quincy Media’s KBJR in the Duluth, MN market for the past ...
A NEWS DIRECTOR HEADS FOR ACADEMIA
Alfredo Sánchez is no longer news director at KDEN Telemundo Denver. Sánchez, who spent nearly 20 years with Telemundo, is leaving to join Metropolitan ...
HEADING FOR THE “AFTERLIFE”
And another one exits the business for the corporate world (really, is there a difference these days?) Kristin Kelly, evening anchor at Gray’s WCAX ...
OUT OF THE BUSINESS
After two years in local teevee news, WTNH sports reporter Henry Chisholm has evidently had enough and has left the business. He’s moved on ...
BALTO’S ADAM MAY LEAVING TEEVEE NEWS
Some Baltimore media observers are mourning the imminent departure of veteran reporter Adam May from the local airwaves, the teevee business and Baltimore itself. ...
FORMER HOUSTON TEEVEE REPORTER NOW A FLACK
An interim job as the Houston mayor’s press secretary has turned permanent for former KPRC reporter Mary Benton. She was on interim status for ...
FORMER N’AWLINS REPORTER NOW IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Former WWL bureau reporter Ashley Rodrique is now promoting fire safety and prevention efforts as the newly-named public affairs director for the Louisiana Office ...
THE LIFE AFTER THE LIFE AFTER
Anthony Ponce’s post-teevee career as a Lyft driver in Chicago fell short of the two-year mark. Ponce has signed on as “Good Day” co-anchor ...
DAYTON ANCHOR SIGNS OFF
Deborah Linz, anchor-reporter at Sinclair’s owned/operated Dayton, OH duopoly WKEF/WRGT, is calling it quits after five years. “It’s been a journey these last 5 ...
VETERAN DETROIT ANCHOR KICKED TO THE CURB
After 20 years, WXYZ noon anchor JoAnne Purtan is leaving the station later this month after learning her contract will not be renewed. She ...
STARTING CAREER #2 IN MILWAUKEE
Former WDJT reporter/anchor Michele McCormack wasted no time diving into her “life after” job. Just a few weeks after leaving her job at the ...
DAN GETS HIS GROOVE BACK ON FACEBOOK
So who’s got more Facebook followers – Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly or Anderson Cooper? If you put your money on Dan Rather, ...
WFOR AM ANCHOR EXITS THE BUSINESS
Life on the outside must seem rosier to Eugene Ramirez. Just over a year after joining the morning team at CBS-owned WFOR, Ramirez left ...
FORMER LITTLE ROCK ANCHOR IN SOME HOT WATER
Former teevee anchor Christina Muñoz Madsen has raised some eyebrows among co-workers at the University of Central Arkansas over her appearances in television and ...
DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YA…
John Moody, the longtime Roger Ailes buddy and Fox News executive vice president who wrote a boneheaded op-ed piece railing against diversity on the ...
CARVER HEADS FOR “LIFE AFTER” IN MEMPHIS
After more than three decades, sports director Glenn Carver signed off this week at Tribune’s WREG in Memphis. He started at the station in ...
LITTLE’S LIFE GETS BIGGER
Sometimes life after teevee news isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Less than a year after waving goodbye to the weather set after ...
VETERAN DETROIT ANCHOR MAKES HIS EXIT
When he signs off the 11 o’clock news tonight, he’s signing off for good. Stephen Clark, for the past 16 years a mainstay at ...
NEW HAMPSHIRE ANCHOR QUITS
Shelley Walcott, 11 PM anchor for the past five years on Hearst’s WMUR in Manchester, NH, wraps it up after tonight’s newscast. She posted ...
MICHIGAN MET LEAVES TO START UP HIS OWN BUSINESS
The end of another sweeps period, and another departure from the teevee news business. Joe Kopecek, chief meteorologist for Tribune’s WXMI in Grand Rapids, ...
JAX WEATHER LEGEND PENS MEMOIR
As chief meteorologist for Jacksonville’s WJXT for nearly half a century, George Winterling was at the forefront in the development of modern weather forecasting. ...
HER EXIT, HER CHOICE
After more than seven years as a general assignment reporter, Susanna Song will exit Chicago CBS O&O WBBM Friday at the end of her ...
PRINGLE EXITS IN WICHITA
A 39-year broadcast career, 24 of them at Lockwood Broadcasting’s KAKE in Wichita, KS, came to a close Friday, as Ben Pringle signed off ...
FORMER MSNBC ANCHOR MULLING POLITICAL OFFICE
Onetime CNBC and MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan is the latest former newsperson to consider a run for political office. Ratigan, whose eponymous program ended ...
FORMER DULUTH ANCHOR MULLS POLITICS
Michelle Lee, who retired from the anchor desk at Quincy Media’s KBJR in Duluth, MN back in 2016 is “99.9%” certain she’s ready to ...
ROSSI CALLS IT QUITS IN PHOENIX
Reporter Donna Rossi, an on-air fixture for over two decades at Meredith duopoly KPHO/KTVK in Phoenix, AZ, called her career a wrap last week. ...
SHAPIRO LEAVING BUFFALO FOR DALLAS
After eight years and the conclusion of one last February book, anchor-reporter Nalina Shapiro is out the door at Nexstar’s WIVB in Buffalo. She’s ...
OK FORECASTER LEAVING TEEVEE
Another teevee newser is deciding to part ways with the business. This time it’s Austin Bowling, chief meteorologist at Raycom’s KSWO in Lawton, OK, ...
CONOMOS WANTS TO SELL YOU A HOUSE
Alexa Conomos wasted no time jumping into her new vocation. Just a month after waving goodbye to the anchor desk at Tegna’s WFAA in ...