Jeffrey Funk Named WGNO Creative Services Dir.

Jeffrey Funk today was named Creative Services Director of Tribune Broadcasting’s ABC affiliate WGNO New Orleans (DMA 52).

Funk has over a decade of creative, marketing and TV promotions experience.  Prior to Tribune, Funk spent three-and-a-half years with the Turner Entertainment Network in Atlanta and was part of the original creative team that launched Turner Broadcasting’s rebranded WPCH there.  He also was the assistant creative director at WDSU New Orleans for three years following Katrina.  Before that, he worked for CNN Newsource Sales, the CNN News Group’s newsgathering and affiliate distribution arm, also based in Atlanta.

Funk received his BS in advertising from the University of Florida.