LOS ANGELES ANCHOR GETS UPGRADE TO PERMANENT EVENING ANCHOR
Univision Los Angeles anchor named permanent evening anchor after four months.
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FROM SPORTS TO SELLING INSURANCE, ALBANY ANCHOR FINDS NEW HOME
A sports director changes career paths to stay closer to her young children.
BUFFALO ANCHOR: ‘IT HURTS ON SO MANY LEVELS’
When the shooting broke out at the Tops Friendly Supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., stations got on air as quickly as possible and started wall to wall coverage. WGRZ, WKBW, WIVB are the heavy hitters ...
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
No, it’s not ghostbusters.
WOMEN IN JOURNALISM FIND HARASSMENT AS CASUALTY OF JOB: STUDY
A study indicates women have to deal with harassment on a regular basis in the journalism industry.
REVAMPING MORNINGS AT FOX 32 IN CHICAGO
There is some restructuring of the morning anchors at WFLD in Chicago.
REPORTER NOTEBOOK: SOCIAL MEDIA BOUNDARIES
YOU’RE WELCOME.
MAKING THE MOVE TO NIGHTS IN SACRAMENTO
Anchor Ty Steele promoted to evenings at KCRA in Sacramento
CHANGING CAREERS AFTER QUARTER-CENTURY AS WNYT PRODUCER
A longtime Albany news producer makes the move to communications director for Roman Catholic church.
BREAKING NEWS: CNN+ SET TO SHUT DOWN 3 WEEKS AFTER LAUNCH
This is just the beginning…
LICHT READY TO LEAD CNN MINUS TWITTER
Incoming CNN president Chris Licht announces when his first day on the job is.
FROM WEEKEND TO WEEKDAY ANCHOR ‘KING’
After a year of weekend anchoring, KING5 in Seattle promotes Steve Soliz to weeknight anchor.
NEW YORK JOURNALIST LANDS FULL TIME AT ABC7
A veteran broadcast journalist in New York gets a full-time TV gig.
FORMER WRC WASHINGTON ANCHOR WENDY RIEGER DIES FROM BRAIN CANCER
Wendy Rieger, the longtime WRC anchor, died on Saturday from brain cancer.
VETERAN DETROIT ANCHORS LIVID OVER NEW STYLE GUIDELINES
WDIV, the Graham Media station in Detroit, is on a mission to elevate the overall look of the station talent. But management’s plan to help improve wardrobe and makeup has pissed off longtime anchors ...
ROUNDING HOME A FINAL TIME FOR LEGENDARY SPORTS ANCHOR
Putting the brakes on a memorable career in the Bay Area.
NABJ PRESIDENT QUESTIONS LACK OF DIVERSITY IN CNN+ WAR ROOM
“Our members are very disturbed.”
PUSH TO RENAME ATLANTA HIGHWAY FOR LATE ANCHOR
Lawmaker sponsors a bill to rename a portion of a highway for late Atlanta anchor
HOUSTON REPORTER DECIDES IT’S TIME TO ‘GET OUT OF TELEVISION’
A Houston reporter takes to social media announcing her career in TV is over.
KVUE ENGINEER SPOTTED A TORNADO BARRELING TOWARDS CITY THROUGH A CAMERA LENS
Plus, a tornado touches down while one station was live on the air.
EVANSVILLE ANCHOR REFLECTS ON LEGENDARY CAREER
For more than four decades, Brad Byrd has been a constant at WEHT-ABC25 in Evansville, IN. Byrd, 70, started as the station’s evening anchor in 1978, a position he’s held ever since. “It’s not ...
FORMER COLLEAGUE POSTS TRIBUTE ABOUT FALLEN CAMERAMAN
PBS Newshour special correspondent Marcia Biggs lost a longtime friend. Pierre Zakrewski was working for Fox News when the car he was riding in in Ukraine got hit by hire. He died as well ...
FIRED DC ANCHOR EMERGES WITH A POST
But it’s not what you think it is.
NBC LA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW REPORTERS
NBC 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. has hired two new freelance reporters. Darsha Philips and Alex Rozier are going to be starting full-time on March 26. Philips, who’s been with the station since 2018, ...
JOE DONLON LEAVES NEWS NATION
Newsblues has learned that NewsNation primetime anchor (and one of the original anchors hired to be part of the network) is leaving. This is a major loss for the network. Donlon is the anchor ...
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS NEWSMAX SEGMENT?
Including calling war reporters FAKE.
ANOTHER DEPARTURE, ANOTHER PROMOTION
This time in Roanoke.
SHE’S BACK WITH BABY ON THE BRAIN
KVUE’s chief meteorologist Erika Lopez returned to the Austin station in 2020. She left in 2019 to do a dayside stint in Houston after doing mornings at KVUE. When she got back and took ...
FORT MYERS METEOROLOGIST USES DISABILITY TO INSPIRE THE INDUSTRY
This WBBH weather anchor was born without a hand.
WSB NAMES JOVITA MOORE’S REPLACEMENT
She’s a very well-know personality in the market.
THIS IS HOW METEOROLOGISTS CAN WIN VIEWERS
The reason there is doubt and what we think…
FORMER SATX ANCHOR WINGS BIG IN PRIMARY
A former San Antonio and Texas based meteorologist has a seat in Congress. Maclovio Perez won the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Texas’ 27th Congressional District. Perez worked as a meteorologist for KENS ...
CHARLOTTE ANCHOR WELCOMES NEW BABY AFTER HARDSHIP
WSOC anchor Allison Latos faced some serious hardships over the course of two years. First, she lost a baby. Next, doctors diagnosed the Charlotte anchor with thyroid cancer. It was all during the COVID ...
BACK TO HOUSTON BUT NOT IN THE NEWS BUSINESS
It’s a little complicated but Tracy Clemons, who’s an anchor at FOX8 WGHP in Greensboro-High Point, N.C., since 2018, will be returning to Houston but not for news. Clemons was once a MMJ in ...
ALLEN MEDIA NAMES A NEWS PRESIDENT
Allen Media has a new president of news and original series for its Weather Group. Nora Zimmett will join the company from The Weather Channel. There she was the cheif content officer and executive ...
GRAY AXES ONE NEW GM, HIRES REPLACEMENT
The last general manager KOLD hired didn’t work out. Michael Hornbeck was hired from across the street at KVOA, the Allen Media owned station. At KOLD, he lasted only three months despite have years ...
THIS HBO EXEC SAYS HIRE JOURNALISTS !
Katie Hasty, who is the director of editorial strategy at HBO, has some good advice if you’re thinking about getting out of the business (or have). And it’s not just advice for journalists looking ...
AND THE NEXT CHAPTER IS PENDING…
After going back and forth to news (like a bad girlfriend) Jerry Gretzinger says he’s finally done. He spent that past four years at WNYT and last week he said he’s going to leave ...
A WEEK AFTER SALE, TEGNA NAMES NEW GENERAL MANAGER
Less than a week after announcing its sale to Standard general, Tegna has made a general manager hire at one of its bigger stations. WTIC-WCCT has hired Humberto Hormaza as president and general manager ...
GREENSBORO ANCHOR WON’T RETURN
At least for now…
CEDAR RAPIDS ANCHOR FIRED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
It all went down quickly.
WJLA NAMES NEW STATION MANAGER
Todd Bernstein has been named the station manager for WJLA. Bernstein is the current director of sales for the Sinclair station in Washington, D.C. “As Director of Sales, Todd has done an outstanding job ...
FIVE WAYS TO STAY SHARP AS AN MMJ
Talent Blvd. founder Mike McNamara says to stay in the business as an MMJ, you need to think about your purpose. Your purpose in the newsroom and what makes you special. This can be ...
TEGNA CEO: ‘IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL’
This was a lot to unpack today.
SOURCEBOOK UPDATE
Hi Subscribers, This is Dave, the editor of Newsblues. I’m writing today to give you an update on our Sourcebook function. Sourcebook has long been the ‘news director Rolodex’ and over the years the ...
TEGNA IS SOLD, FOUR TEXAS STATIONS BECOME COX STATIONS
A lot is happening this morning. Tegna is being sold for $5.5 billion to Standard General and Apollo Global Management. This means that Tegna will no longer exist and as part of the deal, ...
TAMPA BAY HAS A NEW ANCHOR FACE
Edgar Carrillo started a new job as anchor WVEA Noticias Univision Tampa Bay. He’ll be anchoring, writing and co-producing the station’s weekday newscasts at 6 and 11 pm. Carrillo was most recently weekend weather ...
A NEW TOP SPORTS ANCHOR COMING TO WPIX
Sources in New York first broke the news. WPIX has hired radio personality Marc Malusis to be the lead sports anchor at the Nexstar station. Sports media birdies tell @NewsdaySports that @MarcMalusis has a ...
WHO’S TAKING LIZ CHO’S PLACE?
And where did the WABC anchor really go?
STATIONS NEED PRACTICAL MMJ SAFETY WORKSHOPS
All talk after an MMJ was hit by a car and no actio.
A NEW DAY IN THE BIG APPLE
WPIX expands to weekends.
OUSTED KCBS GENERAL MANAGER LANDS IN VEGAS
Longtime general manager Lisa Howfield retired from her post as general manager at KLAS-TV in Las Vegas in January. She led the CBS affiliate and Nexstar station for six years. Nexstar just announced who ...
LAS VEGAS STATIONS LOSES ANOTHER MAJOR TALENT
He had been off the air for a few weeks…
NEW ORLEANS ANCHOR SURPRISES HER TODAY SHOW BFF
The surprise brought Hoda to tears.
A NEW DC CORRESPONDENT SHOWS UP
More in Univision news… Pedro Rojas has moved to Univison’s Washington D.C. bureau. Rojas will be covering the White House and government. If you recall, Janet Rodriquez, who once in this role, left for ...
CBS NAMES NEW NUMBER ONE IN LA
KCBS-KCAL has filled the vacant VP and news director position. The Los Angeles station has named Mike Dello Stritto as ND. He’s been working at KOVR-KMAX, the CBS station in Sacramento, Calif. “Thankfully, we ...
BACK TO THE BAY AREA
From one California market to another.
AFTER DECADES IN THE FIELD, PHOTOGS START TURNING IN THEIR GEAR
Twice in a week we’re hearing of top ENGs moving on. First, at WPIX. Paul Rosenberg had been living in his truck, van, car for News 12 and PIX11 as a photog for 30 ...
TULSA METEOROLOGIST CHRIS BOONE DIES
Here’s what we know about what happened
GRAY BUYS A SECOND ATLANTA TV STATION
Gray Television is taking over a station in Atlanta. The company is going to acquire WKTB-CD Atlanta which broadcasts Spanish and Korean networks including Telemundo. It has a reach of over one million viewers. ...
THIS HOUSTON STATION GOT A NEW SET TOO
KXLN the Univision station in Houston has unveiled a new set too. It’s a state of the art studio with all the bells and whistles … oversized LED screens, a weather center, state-of-the-art monitors ...
A SIT-DOWN WITH THE LAST ORIGINAL AT NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
He talks about what it’s like to be the only one left at the station (with a promotion).
ANOTHER ANCHOR WITH BAGGAGE IS HIRED BY NEWSMAX
It’s surprising she’s back on TV.
ON THE MOVE: IF MANAGEMENT
MIREYA VILLARREAL recently joins ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent from CBS News. JEFF BERARDELLI joins WFLA in Tampa as Chief Meteorologist after 4 years at CBS News. TASHANEA WHITLOW signs a new deal ...
VALARI STAAB NAMED CHAIRMAN OF NBCUNIVERSAL LOCAL
NBCUniversal is restructuring its executive team and has appointed Valari Staab to be the chairman of NBCUniversal Local, a division that includes NBC owned-and-operated local stations, Telemundo-owned stations and NBC regional sports networks. She’s ...
BELOVED ANCHOR (AND HODA KOTB’S BFF) IS LEAVING NEW ORLEANS NEWS
WWL, the Tegna station in New Orleans, is losing its most tenured and recognizable female anchors. Karen Swensen is going to retire from local news to follow other passions, including her building her own ...
WLS GOES STREAMING
It’s 1 of 8 stations jumping on the stream train…
NOT ALL TEA AND ROSES WITH MSNBC’S SCHEDULE SHAKEUP
Axios is reporting that the publication broke the news about MSNBC’s morning lineup shakeup before execs could talk to employees. Reports that Morning Joe will potentially expand an hour, filling the 9am left vacant ...
ABC JUMPS INTO THE LIVE LOCAL STREAMING ARENA
ABC has finally jumped on the streaming wagon. Now, eight of its local stations are streaming 24/7. ABC’s new President of ABC stations, Chad Matthews, made the announcement on Monday. In order to watch, ...
HEADING FOR MEMPHIS
KENS5 reporter Jordan Foster will leave the station to follow his dream to lead a morning show. He’ll stay within the Tegna organization and join ABC24 WATN in Memphis, Tenn. He started in San ...
TALKING ABOUT MMJ SAFETY
Over the weekend, industry leaders and MMJs around the country got together on Zoom to discuss the safety concerns related to working alone in the field. This was in specific response on WSAZ MMJ ...
ANCHORS REMEMBER BEAUTY QUEEN AND EXTRA CORRESPONDENT
On Sunday, the news broke that Extra correspondent and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst jumped off the 29th floor of her NYC building and died. It hit hard, especially for anchors and reporters who ...
MOVING FROM LOCAL TO THE NETWORK
Johana Suárez has made a move from local to national news at Telemundo. She made her debut this past weekend on the weekend shows. Suárez will definitely anchor but it’s unclear what else she’ll ...
NBC NAMES BOSS OF LOCAL STREAMING EFFORT
NBCUniversal has named its new streaming boss. Last week, four NBC stations (Philly, Chicago, Boston and South Florida) launched on Peacock, NBC’s streaming network. Now the 24/7 streaming channel will be run by Angie ...
COLUMBUS MET IN CANCER BATTLE
The meteorologist at WCMH in Columbus, Ohio is going to take some time off to get treatment for cancer. The longtime weather man Bob Nunnally made the announced on Tuesday. He had been missing ...
INDY STATION LAUNCHES 11 PM NEWSCAST
The brand is ‘non-traditional’
UNEXPECTED CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN GREENSBORO
One day she was good, the other she wasn’t.
MIAMI’S FIRST ALL FEMALE SPORTS DEPARTMENT COMES TOGETHER
Take a look
SHITSTORM HITS SCRIPPS STATION IN FORT MYERS
For years, maybe decades, WFTX, the Scripps station in Fort Myers, Fla. has been dead last behind WBBH, WZVN and WINK. In 2017, the station hired a reputable general manager, Darryll Green. He made ...
WSAZ REPORTER SPEAKS ABOUT GETTING HIT ON THE AIR
On WSAZ’s 6pm show Thursday, reporter Tori Yorgery told her side of the story. She talked to her anchor Tim Irr about getting hit by a car, live on TV. Irr started the segment ...
REPORTER HIT BY CAR
The play by play and what the industry is saying
DOWN IN THE WEST TEXAS TOWN OF EL PASO…
Jonathan Mejía has been hired by Sinclair as a bilingual multimedia journalist in El Paso at the duopoly KFOX and KDBC. He’ll be reporting weekdays for both stations. Prior to joining KFOX, Mejía was ...
ANCHOR SHUFFLE IN LA (LOWER ALABAMA)
We want to be like Reginald.
FOR SOME REASON, CNN THINKS WOLF BLITZER WILL BE A DRAW
Insiders tell us CNN can’t make up their mind about the direction for talent for CNN+. And after some decent hires (most without real TV experience), the network announced that they’ll bring Wolf Blitzer ...
CBS O&O RESURRECTS RIVAL’S BRANDING
It’s being implemented in Chicago this week.
ASIAN ST. LOUIS ANCHOR TALKS ABOUT HATE MAIL ON ELLEN
This is a follow up on a story we did at the beginning of the year.
DON’T MIND THE KIDS AND PETS…
We’re back to this. Thankfully anyone who commented on KWCH meteorologist Cassie Wilson’s post was kind about it. People who were either exposed to Omicron, have it or can’t be in the studio due ...
SEATTLE FORECASTER COMPLETES A MARKET TRIFECTA
Rebecca Stevenson has officially been at every major station in Seattle. The meteorologist joined KOMO, the ABC station in the market. Prior to this stint, which just started this month, she was at KING ...
FROM BEAUMONT TO THE NETWORK
She’s Fox News’ newest MMJ
ANCHOR’S TEEN DAUGHTER CAUGHT IN RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC RANT
It’s hard to watch.
GRAY NAMES LOUISVILLE NEWS DIRECTOR
Gray continues to name new management. The latest announcement comes out of WAVE in Louisville where Jenelle Shriner has been named news director. Shriner comes from KOLD in Tucson, Ariz. where she worked for ...
ON THE MOVE
The NWT Group is very proud to congratulate the following journalists on their moves within the industry: Marissa Torres joins FOX Weather Network as an Evening Anchor and Meteorologist. Marissa was the Early Morning ...
CBS CREATES INNOVATION LAB
CBS has hired another team (not just one person) to lead a new sector of CBS news called the News Innovation Lab. And leading it will be KXAN Austin news Director Chad Cross and ...
VETERAN NEWS DIRECTOR EXITS FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
It’s not a resignation. He calls it a realignment and we’re into the phrase. Longtime news director Geoffrey Roth is going to leave local news in Omaha, Neb at KMTV and head to Washington ...
WLS CHICAGO REPORTER JOINS NBC NEWS
He’ll start on weekends.
MASSIVE CUTS HIT NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
A local news institution is breaking down.
CNN PLANS TO REOPEN OFFICES IN JANUARY 18
Omicron shut it down.
COX WASHINGTON NEWS ANCHOR IN THE MIDDLE OF A NATIONAL STORY
He’s helping authorities find a missing 7 year old her who happens to be the sister of his adopted son.
