The veteran Chicago broadcaster most recently led the creation and launch of NewsNation, Nexstar Media Group’s Chicago-based national cable news channel.
Jennifer Lyons, the VP of news at Nexstar’s rebranded cable news channel NewsNation resigned Tuesday amid concerns it will take a right-wing turn because of low ratings.
The live, daily three-hour primetime News Nation will draw on the experience and in-market expertise of Nexstar’s 5,400 local journalists and 110 newsrooms across the country. Leading the effort is Jennifer Lyons as VP news of WGN America.
Jennifer Lyons Returns As WGN News Director
Only weeks after she resigned as news director of WGN Chicago and CLTV, Jennifer Lyons has reclaimed her old job at the Tribune Broadcasting operations.
WGN News Director Jennifer Lyons Resigns
Jennifer Lyons, a much loved and respected leader who guided Chicago’s busiest television news operation to the top of the ratings, announced her resignation Tuesday as news director of Tribune Broadcasting’s WGN-TV and CLTV.
WGN’s Lyons Tops ‘Most Powerful Women’ List
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Jennifer Lyons Named WGN-TV News Director
The longtime journalist at Tribune’s Chicago CW affil is promoted to succeed the retiring Greg Caputo.
