Sandy Pudar Named WGN Assistant News Director

Sandy Pudar today was named assistant news director of Tribune Media’s WGN-TV Chicago (DMA 3), effective immediately.

A 15-year veteran of WGN News, Pudar has worked in a variety of capacities at the station. In February 2009, she became executive producer of the WGN Morning News. Under Sandy’s guidance, the show expanded to a full six hours.

Prior to her EP duties, she spent nine years in various producer positions and as a news writer for the station. Her tenure at WGN began in July 1999, when she started as an intern. Pudar began in journalism as a CNN intern, working on Larry King Live.

She received her BS in journalism from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.