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February 5, 2010

Greetings: WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL…ERIC MAZE will be the next ND for this Journal Broadcasting-owned FOX affiliate.  Eric’s currently the Assistant ND for KSHB-TV in Kansas City.  He’s a former ND in Jefferson City, MO, and has also worked in Kirksville, MO.  At WFTX, he replaces FRANK VERDEL who left the station last September after seven months as ND.  Eric will be the fifth ND in seven years here. WHAM-TV, Rochester, NY…MATT MAYLN moves with the Newport Television group to become the next ND for this ABC station.  Matt’s currently the Assistant ND at Newport’s KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City. [More]

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January 22, 2010

Greetings: Welcome to the latest edition of your free weekly newsletter covering news director and news manager moves. We have THREE new news directors to tell you about, while there are  TWO new openings. By my admittedly unofficial and inexact count, there are  21 stations with open news director positions. One of those stations is running a paid ad this week with more details about its opening.  (If you love horse racing, you’d love this job!).  And we also have a paid ad for a faculty position at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. I received a lot of [More]

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December 26, 2009

Greetings: Welcome to the last full newsletter of 2009.  Here’s hoping that we all have a better 2010. For a holiday week, we do have a bit of news to share. There’s  ONE new news director to report, filling an opening created when the current ND got a bump up to Station Manager.  For the second consecutive week,  NO new news director openings to report.   Our count of open ND jobs remains at 25. If you’re hoping 2010 leads to a new job, please check out our three paid help wanted ads below, all for quality opportunities. If you’re [More]

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December 18, 2009

Greetings: Welcome to a very long pre-holiday issue of your weekly newsletter covering news director and news management changes.  I hope the holiday season and 2010 are great for you and yours.  I do intend to produce a newsletter next week, though it may be delayed by holiday travel. It’s a fairly busy week for mid-December.  There are THREE new news directors to introduce you to, and, to my knowledge,  NO new openings.  Two of those new NDs began at their stations at photographers and worked their way up to ND. By my count there are now  25 stations with [More]

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