July 10, 2016
Greetings:
We have lots to tell you about this week.
For instance, THREE newly named news directors. THREE new news director openings.
There are a lot of Names in the News items, ranging from items on veteran news people to items about younger broadcasters. And we’ll tell you about a former news director arrested while covering a protest in Baton Rouge.
Those ND changes bring out count of open ND jobs to 30. ONE of those open ND jobs is featured in one of our TWO Paid Help Wanted ads.
We have TWO obituaries this week, both of men who had leadership roles for either a small group or a large market powerhouse station. And as I mentioned earlier…lots of times in Names in the News…perhaps even someone you know.
So enjoy and read on!
New News Director Openings:
Mitchell
KNTV, San Jose/San Francisco, CA…JONATHAN MITCHELL left this NBC owned station this week after 6 1/2 years as news director. He’s a former ND in Spokane, WA, and Toledo, and has also worked in Cincinnati and Medford, OR. We first brought this news in a mid-week UPDATE.
WSJV-TV, South Bend/Elkhart, IN…in that same UPDATE earlier this week we shared the news that PERRY BOXX is leaving this Quincy Media FOX affiliate about 2+ years to become ND for WEEK/WHOI-TV in Peoria. More on that below.
Eaves
KARD/KTVE-TV, Monroe, LA…SHARITA ERVES has left this Nexstar duopoly (NBC/FOX) after just six months on the job. She had been working as a reporter and anchor in Milwaukee before the move to Louisiana. Sharita has also worked in Jackson, MS, and Missoula, MT.
Newly Named News Directors:
Seay
KFVS-TV, Cape Girardeau, MO…ROGER SEAY has been promoted to news director for this Raycom Media owned CBS affiliate. He’s been the Assistant ND here for almost three years, has worked for Raycom stations in Cincinnati and Louisville, and has also worked in Portland, OR, and for another Louisville station. At KFVS, Roger replaces MARK LITTLE who was promoted to another Raycom station, WIS-TV in Columbia, SC, after 14 years as ND and 17 at the station.
Boxx
WEEK-WHOI-TV, Peoria, IL…as noted above, veteran news director PERRY BOXX has been named ND for this duopoly. WEEK is owned by Quincy Media, for whom Perry has been working in South Bend. And Quincy operates WHOI which is owned by Sinclair. This is Perry’s 12th ND job: Columbus, GA, Madison, WI, Charleston, SC, Savannah, Oklahoma City, Kalamazoo-Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Nashville, Corpus Christi, and Las Vegas, and has also worked in Little Rock and St. Louis. He replaces GREG SCHIEFERSTEIN who we told you left last month to return to Idaho as ND for KPVI-TV in Pocatello.
Hawes
KBOI-TV, Boise, ID…RYAN HAWES gets his first news director job at the helm of this Sinclair Broadcasting owned CBS affiliate. He’d been working at KPTV in Portland, OR (his second time there) and has worked in Nashville and for another Portland station. At KBOI, he replaces KENDRA MARTINEZ who left in April after about a year here to become news director for KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Paid Help Wanted Ad:
Executive Producer, KPTV, Portland, OR:
KPTV, Fox12 in Portland, OR, is currently recruiting for the position of Executive Producer. Qualified applicants may apply online via the Meredith Careers page located at: www.meredith.com
The Executive Producer will lead a team of producers to deliver promotable, compelling, and well- written newscasts as well as online content. The EP will also regularly produce a primary newscast and write topical tease copy. The EP will work closely with the News Director and Assistant ND to develop and implement strategies to improve product and raise ratings while managing resources and containing overtime.
In addition, the successful candidate will:
· Exercise strong news judgment and review newscast rundowns with an eye toward promotable content,
· Engage in creative content development following up on viewer submission of story ideas via Facebook, Twitter and other online sources, as well as official sources
· Motivate staff and encourage “buy in” for station’s news brand, news strategies and action plans,
· Work with multi-media reporters/photographers to determine direction of stories and expectations.
· Works closely with assignment desk on coverage, story selection, live coverage, assignment of reporters and crews.
· Collaborate with producers on rundowns, story selection, formats, graphic elements, content and pace and flow of newscasts.
· Supervise long term planning for sweeps and special events.
· Other duties as assigned
News Director, KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs, CO:
KRDO, NewsChannel 13, in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado, located on the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies, is looking for a News Director.
Job Description:
The News Director is responsible for the overall supervision and development of the News Department staff, providing direction in story selection, story-telling and coverage. We are looking for someone with the ability to manage, coach, critique and motivate the news team to make our news programs the best and first choice for local news, information, weather and sports in our market. Experience with brand building, news research and managing the station’s news website is a plus.
The successful candidate will lead, manage, hire, train, supervise and motivate News department personnel. They should be experienced in preparing operating budgets and be prepared to be involved in News department capital planning. Any candidate must have excellent news judgment, be thoroughly versed in digital and social media have a passion for breaking news and strong organizational and leadership skills.
Required Qualifications:
Applicants must have a 4 year degree in Journalism, Broadcasting or related field, previous experience as a newsroom supervisor, excellent time management skills, effective communication skills, an ability to work in a high stress, fast paced environment with multiple daily deadlines, good organizational skills, and excellent news judgment.
When applying for this position, please note your referral source and send resumes to:
News Channel 13
Attn: Human Resources
399 S. 8th Street
Colorado Springs, CO. 80905
Telephone (719) 632-1515
Fax (719) 575-6327
Email: personnel@krdo.com
Successful candidate must pass a drug test and background check.
News Channel 13 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Posting Closes: When position is filled.
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
EXECUTIVE NEWS PRODUCER:
WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA (AM EP, listed 6/26/16)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (AM EP, listed 7/4/11)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (listed 6/19/16)
WEWS-TV, Cleveland, OH (Dayside EP, relisted 6/19/16)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (PM EP, relisted 5/22/16)
KPTV, Portland, OR (new listing this week, see ad above!)
WRTV, Indianapolis, IN (AM EP, listed 6/19/16)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (listing modified 6/12/16)
KCTV, Kansas City, MO (PM EP, listed 7/4/11)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, OH (AM EP, relisted 6/19/16)
KOAT-TV, Albuquerque, NM (PM EP, listing revised 6/12/16)
WINK-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (listed 6/12/16)
WVLT-TV, Knoxville, TN (relisted 6/12/16)
WOWK-TV, Charleston/Huntington, WV (relisted this week)
WAAY-TV, Huntsville, AL (PM EP, relisted this week)
WCTI-TV, New Bern, NC (relisted 5/22/16)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (AM EP, listed 6/19/16)
WEEK-TV, Peoria, IL (listed 5/22/16)
Obituaries:
Sefert
Funeral services will be held this Tuesday for JIM SEFERT, who served as President and CEO of Cosmos Broadcasting (later Liberty Corp., eventually sold to Raycom Media). Jim died last Thursday at the age of 86 after a short illness. Jim was president of Cosmos when I was the ND at its Toledo station, WTOL-TV, and he was always a gentleman. More on his life and career here.
TOM DOAR, the one time head of the company that owned WCCO-TV in Minneapolis for many years, died June 20th at the age of 95. Here’s an interesting article from the Star-Tribune about Doar’s role in the growth of that station.
Names in the News:
Slaughter
CHRIS SLAUGHTER, the assistant ND of Baton Rouge’s WAFB-TV, was one of several journalists arrested Saturday night while covering a protest related to the police shooting there. He was finally released Sunday afternoon. Here’s the link to the latest story, but this will be a ever-changing situation so you might want to check the station’s website for the latest. Chris is a former ND in New Orleans.
GERARDO LOPEZ returns to Texas as the Managing Editor for KXAS-TV. He’s been the Assignment Manager at KOMO-TV in Seattle, but has worked across the state of Texas as detailed on his Linkedin page.
Congratulations to ERIN NEWNAM who’s been promoted to morning EP at Seattle’s KIRO-TV. She had been the morning producer there and has also worked in Charlotte and High Point, NC.
ADRIANA AREVALO, a former News Director for KINC-TV, the Univision station in Las Vegas, has a new job in public relations. Media Moves has more on that.
DANIEL TROTTER joins WHAS-TV in Louisville as Digital and Social Content Director. He had been the Social Media Manager at WTSP-TV in Tampa.
Second generation broadcaster ALEX VAN AMEYDE joins WJCL-TV in Savannah as an Executive Producer. He’s been producing for WPTV in West Palm Beach and earlier worked on the assignment desk and produced at WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, MI, where his father LEE was a longtime primary anchor.
Best wishes to longtime Hearst Executive FRED YOUNG who celebrated his 75th birthday last week. Fred told me: “It’s back to the retirement work of volunteering, judging collegiate journalism awards and other industry related projects. That leaves plenty of time for the grandchildren and afternoon naps.”
Hanson
Congratulations to old friend GARY HANSON who’s the recipient of a big honor from AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication). Gary, a longtime news director in Youngstown, OH, and past chair of RTNDA, has been named the winner of the Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism. Gary (and his wife LuETT) both retired last month after 19 years at Kent State. He’s battling cancer but says he’s still fighting. Friends can congratulate him and wish him well via an email to: glhanson@kent.edu
And congratulations to longtime newsletter sponsor Devlin Design Group which scored its third consultive ProMax/BDA Gold Award for set design. The new set for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh (below) was honored. Here’s the news release.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here is my list of stations with open ND jobs, as of Sunday, July 10, 2016:
KTTV/KCOP-TV 1999 S. Bundy Dr. Los Angeles CA 90025
KNTV 2450 N 1st St, San Jose, CA 95131
KPRC-TV 8181 Southwest Freeway Houston TX 77074
KRIV-TV 4261 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77027
KTAZ-TV 4625 S 33rd Pl, Phoenix, AZ 85040 **
KMOV-TV One Memorial Drive St. Louis MO 630102
WTAE-TV 400 Ardmore Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15221
WCPO-TV 1720 Gilbert Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45202
KVUE-TV 3201 Steck Ave. Austin, TX 78757
WHP-TV 3300 N 6th St, Harrisburg, PA 17110
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY 14202
WKEF/WRGT-TV 2245 Corporate Pl, Miamisburg, OH 45342
WSET-TV 2320 Langhorne Rd. Lynchburg VA 24501
WNWO-TV 300 South Byrne Rd. Toledo, OH 43615
WHEC-TV 191 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604
WAND-TV 904 South Side Drive Decatur, IL 62521
KRDO-TV 399 S. 8th St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905 (see ad above!)
WSJV-TV 58096 Co Rd 7, Elkhart, IN 46517
WVNY/WFFF 298 Mountain View Dr. Colchester, VT 05446
KRNV-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KVRR-TV 4015 9th Ave S. Fargo, ND 58103
WWTV/WWUP 22320 130th Ave, Tustin, MI 49688
KIMA/KEPR-TV 2801 Terrace Heights Dr. Yakima,WA 98901
KSNT-TV 6835 NW HWY 24. Topeka, KS 66618
KARD/KTVE-TV 200 Pavilion Road W. Monroe, LA 71292
KRCG-TV 10188 Old Highway 54 North. New Bloomfield, MO 65063
KMID/KPEJ-TV 3200 LaForce Boulevard Midland, TX 79711
KAUZ/KSWO-TV 3601 Seymour Highway Wichita Falls, TX 76309
KYOU-TV 820 W Second St. Ottumwa IA 52501
KQTV 4000 Faraon St. Joseph, MO 64506
* Spanish language station