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Chris Slaughter, Longtime Louisiana Journalist, Retires

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WDSU Holds Fundraiser For New Orleans Tornado Victims

Local News Close-Up: Easy Does It In New Orleans

With its colorful festivals, two major pro sports teams and lots of crime and corruption, New Orleans feels like a larger market than No. 50 to the newsgatherers toiling in the region. There’s never a shortage of big-time happenings.

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WDSU’s School Supply Drive Underway In New Orleans

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See How WDSU Promoted A National Award For Breaking News

WDSU New Orleans received the 2021 Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for its breaking news coverage of Hurricane Ida. And then it constructed a promo around that honor that makes a strong claim about the quality of its breaking news coverage.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an engineering director, IT administrator, digital sales manager, assistant news director, two executive producers, two business development executives, a news producer, social media producer, anchor/producer, general sales manager and broadcast engineer.

Michael Neelly Named WDSU New Orleans GM

Hearst moves him from GM of its WAPT Jackson, Miss., to oversee its NBC affiliate in Louisiana.

New Orleans Broadcast Legends Bob And Jan Carr, Now In Their 90s, Co-Star In One Last Show

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Personal Memories Of The Late Edwin Edwards, Flamboyant Louisiana Governor

Meteorologist Art Jarrett Joins WDSU New Orleans

Hearst Television NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans has hired meteorologist Art Jarrett to join Randi Rousseau and Chad Sabadie on WDSU News This Morning, weekday mornings from 4:30 to 7 a.m. He […]

WDSU Meteorologist Moving To WTVD Raleigh

WDSU New Orleans Meteorologist Says Goodbye

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Local TV Sales Exec Offers Lessons Learned Over 36 Years

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News, Digital Sales And Graphic Design Openings

New TV jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an Executive Producer, a digital sales coordinator and a graphics design manager for stations owned by Hearst, Gray and Nexstar.

Chad Sabadie Moving From WGMB To WDSU

Chad Sabadie Joins ‘WDSU News This Morning’

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans has hired Chad Sabadie to join Randi Rousseau as co-anchor of WDSU News This Morning, weekdays from 4:30 to 7 a.m., beginning in mid-April. Sabadie joins […]

TVN MOBILE APPS SPECIAL REPORT

TVN Special Report | TV’s Mobile Apps Embrace Customization, Notifications

When it comes to mobile apps, broadcasters still face a range of options from a single- or multiple-app approach to adopting back-end tech allowing user personalization. But some goals remain constant: keeping users on owned-and-operated mobile platforms over social and monetizing the experience wherever possible.

WDSU Names Melissa Dart News Director

She joins the Hearst NBC affiliate in New Orleans from WPTV West Palm Beach, Fla., where she has been the assistant news director since 2018.

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WDSU Helps Provide 660,000 Meals For Hurricane Laura Victims

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Drivers Lineup At 3 A.M. For WDSU’s School Supply Drive

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Saints Coach Helps WDSU Raise Nearly $400K For New Orleans Food Bank

Auschwitz, Not So Long Ago

WDSU Sports Reporter Carley McCord Killed In Plane Crash

Carley McCord, a sports reporter at Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 50), was one of five killed in a plane crash on Saturday, Dec. 28. According to reports, […]

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WDSU Adds Travers Mackel, Christina Watkins As Weekday Anchors

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 50) has changed its anchor pairings for weekday and weeknight newscasts effective Monday, Oct. 28. Travers Mackel and Christina Watkins join Sula Kim […]

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WDSU Adds Anchor Sherman Desselle

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WDSU’s Juliana Mazza Leaving New Orleans

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La.’s 1st TV Station, WDSU, Celebrates 70 Years

My first job at a TV station was as a writer/producer in promotions at WDSU. Then, in 1988, the station was located in the French Quarter. The historic building stretched an entire block from Royal to Chartres streets. The front entrance sat in a beautiful courtyard, said to be the most photographed in the city.

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WDSU’s Neighbors Telethon Nets $45K

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WDSU Duo Out To Establish Midday Legacy

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‘WDSU News at Noon’ Premieres Sept. 3

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU will premiere WDSU News at Noon on Monday, Sept. 3. “WDSU continuously looks for new ways to improve our delivery of news to our viewers, on all of […]

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New Orleans TV News Slugfest Continues

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New Orleans Sweeps Still A Free-For-All

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WDSU Airs African-American Art Special Tonight

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New Orleans Sweep: News Is 3-Way Race Now

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WDSU New Orleans Debuts New News Set

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WDSU Taps Connie Ernst As Director Of Sales

Hearst is moving her from WBAL Baltimore to oversee sales at its New Orleans NBC affiliate beginning June 1.

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WDSU And New Orleans’ First TV Broadcast

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Sula Kim Rejoining WDSU Anchor Desk

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Nash Roberts Was New Orleans Weather Original

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WDSU Adds Shaun Kraisman As 4 P.M. Anchor

Today, Hearst’s WDSU New Orleans (DMA 50) announced that anchor/reporter Shaun Kraisman will be joining the station’s news team, and anchoring the 4 p.m. newscast weekdays. He joins WDSU from WINK […]