Pittsburgh’s CBS station hires Shinn as weekend AM anchor
KDKA-TV Ch. 2, Pittsburgh’s CBS outlet, has appointed Megan Shinn weekend AM anchor. She will join from Indianapolis, Ind. ABC affiliate WRTV-TV Ch. 6, where she held the post of anchor. Previously, Shinn was a reporter at WVEC-TV Ch. 13, an ABC affiliate in Hampton, Va. She held the posts of reporter and multimedia journalist […]
ABC’s Houston station welcomes back Childers as reporter
KTRK-TV Ch. 13, ABC’s Houston station, has tapped Shelley Childers to serve as a reporter. Previously, she worked at the station from February 2018 to July 2023 as a journalist. In between, recently Childers joined Red Pixel Marketing in Texas. She has also worked as a journalist at Detroit’s ABC station WXYZ-TV Ch. 7, KRGV-TV […]
Rhode Island PBS, Public’s Radio to merge
The following excerpt was sent out from current.org: The boards of Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio in Providence, R.I., have agreed to merge the two organizations. The organizations had previously considered a merger but got more serious after a discussion between board chairs more than a year ago, said Elizabeth Delude-Dix, board chair […]
Wilson promoted to deputy editor at Metro.co.uk
Claie Wilson, assistant editor/features director at Metro.co.uk, has taken on the role of deputy editor. Previously, Wilson held the posts of communities editor and features director. She freelanced and has worked at Fabulous Magazine for more than a decade. During this time, she held the posts of features writer, senior features writer, deputy features editor, […]
Maine Independent News Collaborative launches to grow local journalism
The following excerpt was sent out from bangordailynews.com: Today, the Bangor Daily News is excited to announce the formation of a grassroots effort to sustain and grow independent local journalism in Maine that it has helped to launch. The United States is losing two newspapers every week. In 2002, Maine newsrooms employed more than 300 […]
Myers joins Chicago Sun-Times as interactives editor
The Chicago Sun-Times has hired Justin Myers as an interactives editor. Myers joined from The Associated Press, where he worked for more than eight years, holding the posts of data journalist, news automation editor and news editor for data journalism. He served as a news interactives producer for the Chronicle of Higher Education and as […]
NPR names three to politics/election coverage team
Elena Moore, an assistant producer for the NPR Politics podcast, has taken on the role of political reporter to cover young and new voters. Moore joined NPR in October 2019 as an editorial assistant on the Washington desk. Since then, she held the posts of production assistant for “Morning Edition” and “NPR Politics” podcast, and […]
Chicago Tribune hires Hilles as north suburban reporter
Chloe Hilles has joined the Chicago Tribune as a reporter for the Lake County News-Sun. Recently, she was a local government reporter at Lee Enterprises’ La Crosse Tribune in Wisconsin. Hilles also reported on environmental justice effects of coal ash regulated by the Tennessee Valley Authority for The Energy News Network at Northwestern University Medill […]
Vice Media layoffs, AP’s public health reporter, Bankadelic AI podcast: TBN Ticker for Nov. 17
Layoffs in the journalism and media world seem like an unending nightmare as Vice Media is one of the recent organizations that has announced the cancelation of several shows, along with staff layoffs. In addition, Jezebel is shuttering with its entire team being laid off. On the international front, UK publisher Reach plc has also […]
Sinclair Broadcast Group seeks a multiplatform managing editor, 7News
7News in Washington, DC is in search of a proven leader who is a creative storyteller able to maintain an aggressive multiplatform content strategy while overseeing desk and digital operations. You will join the fastest growing local news station in the DC market, which is a rewarding and challenging job. As part of our management […]
