New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an anchor/producer, multimedia journalist and a news director.
She moves from NewsNation in Chicago to oversee journalism at Weigel’s ABC affiliate in South Bend, Ind.
CBS taps him to succeed Kari Patey in overseeing journalism at its Minnesota O&O.
Goldberg and Mike Dello Stritto to have joint responsibility for overseeing the stations’ 91.5 hours of local news per week.
The newsroom vet will oversee journalism at Allen Media Group’s Alabama ABC affiliate.
Nexstar promotes her from assistant news director to succeed Andy Miller in overseeing journalism at the CBS affiliate in Champaign, Ill.
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Nexstar moves him up to oversee journalism at the CBS-CW duopoly in upstate New York.
Nexstar’s Grand Rapids, Mich., NBC affiliate also dismisses Amy Fox, the writer of the memo, and two producers suspected of leaking information to the press.
The current assistant news director will succeed Doug Bannard who is retiring after 33 years at the Fox-owned duopoly.
The Tegna Fox affiliate’s assistant news director will now oversee newsgathering operations and all related digital, mobile, and social media applications.
Marina Perelman is promoted at KNBC, while Miguel “Mike” Gaytán joins KVEA from San Diego.
The 30-plus year station veteran is promoted to oversee journalism at the CBS O&O.
The former NBCLX news director moves to oversee journalism for the Dallas CBS duopoly beginning June 5.
One of the station’s executive producer is tapped to oversee news at Tegna’s CBS affiliate in New Orleans.
The station veteran moves up from assistant news director to oversee journalism at Hearst’s NBC affiliate in Monterey-Salinas, Calif.
Saying he is “always grateful to be a journalist in this business,” Wilgoren broke the news on his social media accounts Monday. “Hi everyone, Today I am announcing that I will be leaving FOX11. I could not be more grateful to all of you, general manager Steve Carlston and the entire Fox leadership team for their support in my decision,” Wilgoren said. “Steve and I have had some thoughtful conversations about the future of the newsroom in recent weeks and it is clear that right now what is important to the organization is that we have new outside leadership in the vp/news director role to accompany our new direction across the station.”
He joins from WVIT Hartford, Conn., to succeed Christina Ginn as head of journalism at the Cox Media-owned ABC affiliate.
She joins from KUSA Denver to oversee journalism at the Scripps ABC affiliate beginning Aug. 14.
The veteran journalist will oversee journalism at Gray Television’s NBC affiliate.
KING Seattle Covers Crime With Restraint And Substance
Crime is a legitimate topic for news coverage because of concerns about the public’s safety. KING’S mission in Seattle is to “cover crime in a way that helps them be informed and empowered in ways that make sense,” says News Director Julie Wolfe.
Josh Morgan has been named news director of Gray Television’s Kansas City CBS affiliate KCTV. He joins from Atlanta News First, where he’s been for the last two years, most recently as managing editor.
The Hearst ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., promotes the assistant ND to succeed the departing Rick McLaughlin.
Another shakeup is afoot in the news division of Nexstar-owned KTLA Los Angeles, this time behind the scenes. The station’s news director, Pete Saiers, is out. The station’s staff was just informed of his abrupt exit. His last day was today. The official stance is that Saiers and the management mutually agreed to not renew his contract.
Nexstar choses the stations’ digital reporter to succeed Sean Lafferty as head of journalism at the ABC-Fox duopoly in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Hearst moves him from its WJCL Savannah, Ga., to succeed Akili Franklin in leading journalism operations at the South Carolina NBC affiliate.
Gray Television’s Toledo ABC affiliate is looking for a new news director. Michael Baldwin, promoted to that position at WTVG in 2022, is gone. “I can confirm Michael is no longer at the station and I am looking for his replacement,” said WTVG GM Brad Moses in an email. “Nothing else to expand.”
She’s been the news director at the Denver ABC affiliate for the last five-and-a-half years. During her time there, the station has won back-to-back national Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall excellence.
He will be responsible for the overall performance of the Telemundo station’s local newscasts and news department, as well as other local productions across multiple media platforms.
The former assistant news director takes over from Bernice Kearney at Graham Media’s ABC affiliate in San Antonio.
News-Press & Gazette promotes the veteran journalist to oversee all journalism operations.
Telemundo promotes him from assistant news director to lead journalism at its Albuquerque, N.M., owned station.
Bernice Kearney has been named news director at Graham Media Group’s KPRC Houston after serving in the same position at co-owned KSAT San Antonio. She succeeds Dave Strickland.
Gerardo “Jerry” Vazquez, 54, the VP of news for Telemundo Houston KTMD, joined the station in 2014 as executive producer of the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts after spending years in news at stations across Texas.
The broadcast and cable news veteran will oversee journalism at the ABC flagship in New York.
