KTLM McAllen Ups Sarah Garcia To Weekend News Anchor

Telemundo’s KTLM McAllen, Texas, promoted Sarah Garcia to news anchor for Noticias Telemundo 40 on weekends at 5 and 10 p.m. She will debut in her new role on Saturday, April 27, alongside weather […]

Poppy Harlow To Leave CNN After 16 Years With Network

Poppy Harlow, who has been with CNN since 2008, is exiting the network. Harlow announced her decision in a memo to colleagues. She was offered a new role following the cancellation of CNN This Morning, but instead decided to leave, the network confirmed.

Max Crawford Promoted To Chief Meteorologist At KBTX Bryan-College Station

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Leigh Waldman Leaves KSAT San Antonio

LA Times ‘Trapped In A Mess’ As Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong Pulls More Newsroom Strings

The Los Angeles Times newsroom continues to feel the invisible hand of owner Patrick Soon-Shiong in coverage of his pharma research, home page choices and in pushing for livestream video.

Dan Rather Returning To CBS News For First Time Since Bitter Exit 18 Years Ago

The former CBS Evening News anchor has not appeared on CBS since he left the network in 2006, but will be the subject of a CBS Sunday Morning profile this weekend.

Journalists Critical Of Their Own Companies Cause Headaches For News Organizations

Whistleblowing isn’t unique to any industry. Yet the contrary outlook baked into many journalists — which can be a central part of their jobs — and generational changes in how many view activism have combined to make it probable these sort of incidents will continue.

REINVENTING THE NEWS

Local TV News’ Recruitment Problem Has A Solution

Across the country, open positions at TV newsrooms stay vacant or draw a drizzle of poorly equipped, unimaginative applicants. Changes at journalism schools and compensation, along with reframing how we think of applicants, could be among things to change that.

WEWS Cleveland Anchor Joe Pagonakis To Retire After 40 Years

WXIA’s Kristie Anderson To Receive RTDNA’s 2024 Loren Tobia Leadership Award

The assistant news director at WXIA Atlanta will be recognized at RTDNA24 in Milwaukee, June 12-14.

Q&A

A Conversation With White House Correspondents’ Association President Kelly O’Donnell

Advocating for her press corps colleagues has become a second full-time job for NBC News’ senior White House correspondent.

MARKET SHARE

Winners Of The Florida Association Of Broadcast Journalists Awards

The National Enquirer, Reeling From Trump, Still Can’t Find A Buyer

The parent company for The Enquirer, the tabloid now famous for its ties to former President Donald Trump, has tried repeatedly to sell the publication. It hasn’t been easy. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

KTVI St. Louis Reporter Mitch McCoy Leaving TV For Government Job

KTBC Austin Photographer Arrested At UT Protest

Anchor Farrah Walton Joins KEYE Austin

Inside The Crisis At NPR

Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio network turn things around?

Reporter Camilla Rambaldi Joins KNBC Los Angeles

Winners Of The 2024 Hillman Prizes Announced

Local News Close-Up: St. Louis Born And Bred

Stations everywhere take pride in having a main anchor who comes from the market they represent. That applies in St. Louis, too, but it also pertains to general managers. The bosses at KTVI-KPLR, KMOV and KSDK were all born and raised there. “St. Louisans love St. Louisans,” Kurt Krueger, KTVI-KPLR VP-GM says. “It gives me a special insight into what viewers like, and what they want to tune into.”

KTUL Tulsa Names Kevin Coskren Chief Meteorologist

Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ABC affiliate KTUL Tulsa, Okla., has appointed Kevin Coskren chief meteorologist. He will deliver forecasts for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. Coskren joins from The […]

Edward Moody Joins WBTW Myrtle Beach As Weeknight Anchor

Nexstar CBS affiliate WBTW Myrtle Beach, S.C., is adding veteran journalist Edward Moody to its weeknight anchor team. Moody and News 13 Anchor Trish Williford will co-anchor the 5, 6 […]

Winners Of The Inaugural Poynter Journalism Prizes Announced

On Tuesday, Poynter unveiled the winners of its inaugural journalism contest, continuing a tradition that was most recently headed by the News Leaders Association. The Poynter Journalism Prizes saw over 525 entries from more than 300 news organizations and individual journalists. The contest was open to work across all platforms, including digital and broadcast, and featured 10 categories focused on different aspects of writing, reporting and leadership. Winners will receive a cash prize of $1,000 or $2,500, depending on the category. The broadcast winner is KHOU Houston.

Inside The Off-The-Record Calls Held By Anti-Trump Legal Pundits

Some of the country’s most prominent legal commentators are holding off-the-record sessions to hash out the latest twists and turns in Donald Trump’s legal saga.

Howie Schwab, ESPN Researcher And Trivia Star, Dies At 63

NPR Chief Defends Coverage, Accuses Critics Of ‘Bad Faith Distortion’ Of Her Views

Katherine Maher says the controversy stemming from an editor’s essay criticizing the radio network has been a distraction.

Week of April 15 Evening News Ratings: ‘ABC World News Tonight’ Leads As Trump Trial Begins

Texas AG Appeals Order Blocking Investigation Of Media Matters

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday appealed an order that effectively blocked his investigation of the watchdog Media Matters, which issued a critical report about brand safety on the social platform X. Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta in Washington prohibited Paxton from attempting to enforce a subpoena for a trove of information, ruling that he likely violated Media Matter’s First Amendment rights by issuing the subpoena in retaliation for the group’s report about ads on X. Paxton will ask the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift that injunction. The Texas official hasn’t yet made substantive arguments to that court.

KSAT San Antonio Photojournalist Joe Arredondo Dies Suddenly

Miguelangel Lopez Promoted To Regional VP Of News And Content For Telemundo’s Orlando, Tampa And Fort Myers Stations

He will oversee journalism at WTMO Orlando, WRMD Tampa and WWDT Fort Myers.