Teisha Parker Named News Director At News 12 New Jersey

On July 5, Teisha Parker will become the next news director for News 12 New Jersey, the Altice cable news channel. She is a veteran of New England media and journalism whose varied career has included work in television news, local cable news, digital news and corporate consulting.

She joins News 12 from WTIC Hartford, Conn., where she most recently was assistant news director. She started at WTIC in 2019, overseeing the network’s digital properties and led the WTIC team to substantial growth on all social media sites, the Fox 61 app and desktop. She was also the driving force behind creating and coordinating the sweeps calendar and bringing viewers to the 10 p.m. newscast.

Previously, Parker spent nearly eight years at New England Cable News (NECN) where she was executive producer of special projects, overseeing the investigative and consumer units and commandeering projects including big event coverage, debates, education and weather specials while also launching new shows for the network.

In her early years at NECN she was a freelance producer and show producer, which followed her experience producing newscasts and special projects at WHDH and WFXT in Boston; WVIT and WTNH in Hartford, Conn.; and WWLP in Springfield, Mass.