I hope Friday the 13th is a good day for you and welcome to our latest edition of #hotjobs. We are seeing some movement in M-F anchor roles the past two weeks! For the ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Much has been written recently about the burn out some people are experiencing in the local TV news business. An article posted by the Poynter Institute, ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, WABC’s “Eyewitness to 9/11: Behind the Lens” documentary was awarded Best Documentary by the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WANF, Atlanta News First, Gray’s CBS affiliate, was named the 2024 Georgia Association of Broadcasters (GAB) Station of the Year in the Large Market category at GAB’s annual ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com As students return to the classroom in schools over the country, local TV stations have been stepping up to organize and host drives to collect money for ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com NOTE: This is Part 2 of an interview with Mike Monsell, VP of Marketing for WPVI, the ABC O&O in Philadelphia, on the occasion of his 25th anniversary ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Mike Monsell got his Tinkerbell, the statue given to ABC employees in recognition of 25 years of service. Monsell was presented his 25th anniversary statue by Bernie Prazenica, ...
Olivia Dangler has been named News Director, overseeing news at KTVI (Fox 2) and KPLR (St. Louis11) she replaces Audrey Prywitch who retired in May. Dangler most recently served as News Director of WDTN-TV ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Local TV stations are always advertising the benefits of watching their news coverage to potential news viewers. So why not take that same approach when it comes to ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Two news franchises airing weekly on KABB, Sinclair’s Fox affiliate in San Antonio, are shot entirely on iPhones with one also edited on the iPhone. “I’m coming up on ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com A news segment titled, “You’re Awesome”, airing on WTXF Fox29, the Fox-owned affiliate in Philadelphia, is a win, win, win for the station’s news viewers, the station’s sales ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In all 50 states, the price to put two children in daycare is now more expensive than the average rent, according to a story posted on LinkedIn by Danielle ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The E. W. Scripps Company is eliminating its Chief Operating Officer role, a move that will see the departure of current COO Lisa Knutson, according to an ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com There are no roads to Stehekin, Washington, so you can’t drive there directly from Seattle, 140 miles away. But that didn’t stop local TV reporter Leah Pezzetti and ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Local TV news operations are often the course of last resort for consumers who can’t get satisfaction in disputes with local businesses or governments. In Jacksonville, when consumers have ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, has led weekday news at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. in household ratings for every major Nielsen measurement period – February, May, July, ...
New TV job openings posted to News Blues include openings for a MMJ, director of sales, anchor/reporter, weekend anchor/MMJ and lifestyle show photog/editor/producer.
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Marketing Producer KXAN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas, has an opening for a Marketing Promotions Producer. The Promotions Producer will be a highly motivated and creative individual. ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com LinkedIn is a great place for many local TV news and marketing folks to post recent work, whether that be news stories or promos. The reason station employees post ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jennifer Mitchell, president of CBS Stations (West Coast – Midwest region) has named Jennifer Lyons, the current GM/President of CBS Chicago, to a new role as a regional GM/President ...
“The main goal of the approach was authenticity,” says David Stotts, WTKR's creative services director. “We really wanted to make a connection with teachers, parents, students and the community.”
“I'm calling it the TV station of the future because it really is,” says Brian Joyce, KMGH’s general manager. “Everything in this facility is state-of-the-art technology, brand new.”
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KDBC, Sinclair’s CBS affiliate in El Paso, branded as CBS4 is eliminating most and perhaps all of its local newscasts, according to El Paso Matters, a ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Scott Isaacs joins WFXT, Boston 25, as news director, according to Cox Media. Isaacs had been news director at WJAR NBC 10 in Providence, RI for the past seven ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com The 6 o’clock evening news on KUSA, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Denver, branded as 9News, is different than most newscasts at that hour in Denver and, for that matter, ...
By: Sorboni Banerjee More and more broadcast journalists are acting as MMJ’s – multimedia journalists who shoot, edit, write, and then hop on TV and go live. Not appearing frazzled or stressed after a ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Executive News Producer wanted at a CBS O&O in the nation’s 14th market. This is a FREE job opening posted to News Blues as part of our campaign ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Stefani Booroojian, a seminal figure in Fresno journalism, has announced her retirement from daily newscasts, with her final appearance scheduled for Friday, June 28, on KSEE NBC24, Nexstar’s ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Work in a vacation destination, sunshine year-round, relaxing environment while building your broadcasting career. This is a FREE one day job opening posted to News Blues as part of ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Frank Billingsley, the chief meteorologist at KPRC, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Houston, is retiring after a distinguished career spanning more than four decades. His last day on ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Denisha Thomas has been named news director at WXIA, 11 Alive, Tegna’s NBC affiliate in Atlanta, overseeing 11Alive’s daily newsgathering operations. Thomas will start her new role on July 22 ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com AccuWeather, headquartered in State College, PA. has an opening for a Senior Television Weather Broadcaster. This is a FREE one day job opening posted to News Blues as part ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com This is the first FREE job opening posted to News Blues as part of our campaign to help TV stations get exposurre for NEW job openings. Nexstar CBS ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Aaron Farrar has been promoted to co-anchor the weekend morning news at WJXT, Graham Media’s independent station in Jacksonville. Farrar first joined WJXT in June 2021 as ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com You remember the format. Four different TV stations showcase their marketing approaches to a single, shared news story. One of the most popular sessions at the annual Promax Station ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com In a LinkedIn post, Mitchell West announces his promotion at Nexstar. After an incredible seven-year journey as a Regional Director with Nexstar Media Group, Inc., I am thrilled and ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com News Blues wants to help local TV stations gain FREE exposure for NEW job openings. And also help interested candidates be the first to know about them. News Blues ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Rose Eileen Flores Tibayan, a friend of mine since her days reporting for WINK TV in Ft. Myers, passed away yesterday. Rose Eileen Flores Tibayan passed away on ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com At 6 o’clock in the morning on Monday, June 3, Karen Drew, an anchor/reporter for WDIV, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Detroit, was doing a live shot in the ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Lew Leone, SVP and GM of WNYW FOX 5 in New York, the flagship television station of the Fox Television Stations Group, sent this note to the staff ...
WPIX, the CW affiliate in New York owned by Mission Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar, announces an extensive and vibrant coverage of LGBTQ+ Pride throughout the month of June.
Mississippi Today, a nonprofit newsroom renowned for its investigative reporting, is currently embroiled in a legal battle that could have far-reaching implications for press freedom.
Lougee has been associated with Tegna off and on since the mid 90s when he was ND for then Gannett(Tegna) owned KUSA. He then went to Belo for a time before returning to ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com KCNC, the CBS-owned affiliate in Denver, branded as CBS Colorado, finished the May ratings period #1 in Adults 25-54 for the first time since it became a CBS station ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com WBZ, branded as CBS Boston, is adding longtime evening anchor Paula Ebben to the WBZ News Mornings on June 17 alongside co-anchor Chris Tanaka, ahead of a revamp ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, Paul@NewsBlues.com Jeff Maloney has been named Senior Vice President and Regional General Manager of FOX Television Stations’ Florida properties, which consists of WTVT FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WOFL FOX 35 ...
Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele has filed a lawsuit against Creative Artists Agency, accusing her longtime agency of mishandling her dispute with ESPN and its parent company, Disney.
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, paul@newsblues.com One of the most popular sessions at the annual Promax Station Summit in Las Vegas over the years, “Battle of the Promo Superstars”, is back directly to you on ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, paul@newsblues.com Anna Schecter Zigler, an award-winning journalist and producer, has been named senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations’ new Crime and Public Safety Unit. She will be based ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, paul@newsblues.com First Coast News, Tegna’s WTLV and WJXX, the NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville, are doubling down in their annual Stuff the Bus campaign to collect school supplies for ...
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, paul@newsblues.com WHEC, Hubbard’s NBC affiliate in Rochester, branded as News10NBC, was the clear ratings leader in every daypart, Monday through Friday in April in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen. WHEC ...
Doris Burke, a veteran ESPN broadcaster, became the first woman to serve as a TV analyst for a championship final in one of the four major professional sports.
By Paul Greeley, 817-578-6324, paul@NewsBlues.com WXIN, Nexstar’s Fox affiliate in Indianapolis branded as FOX59. achieved a monumental victory in May ratings, according to the station. According to the latest Nielsen ratings data, WXIN FOX59 ...
By Paul Greeley 817-578-6324, paul@newsblues.com WISN, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, uncovered a loophole in the law that allows people with no legal drivers’ license and no license plates to continue to drive. “We ...
By Paul Greeley Manager, News Blues Paul@newsblues.com 817-578-6324 Jeff Kreiner, long-time VP of marketing for CBS and other broadcast networks, and most recently executive producer for LMAO Productions, a comedy program, died ...
By Paul Greeley Manager, News Blues Paul@newsblues.com 817-578-6324 KCCI, Hearst’s CBS affiliate in Des Moines, joined forces with Central Iowa Hy-Vee stores to “Pack the Pantry” of local food pantries across the region from ...
By Paul Greeley Manager, News Blues Paul@newsblues.com 817-578-6324 It’s a simple idea, well-executed. Set up cameras and mics at dozens of locations around Portland, Oregon, ask simple questions, and let residents sound off. What ...
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The decades-long search for Jodi Huisentruit, a beloved Iowa TV anchor who vanished on June 27, 1995, has entered its final phase, according to investigator Steve Ridge.
We at News Blues would like to thank all the Veterans out there for their service. We are taking the day off but will have updated stories for Tuesday Morning.
