May 22, 2022
Thursday, May 26, 2022 UPDATE:
Greetings:
Another UPDATE, another news director move at a CBS o-and-o.
Hoder
This time it’s a new VP/News Director for the CBS owned station in Pittsburgh, KDKA-TV. SHAWN HODER returns to The Steel City, where he began his career as a photographer and producer at Cox owned WPXI-TV (NBC). More in this news release from CBS. He’s currently the Assistant ND at Tegna’s currently news director-less WTSP-TV (CBS) in Tampa-St. Petersburg.
Shawn’s also worked in Columbus, OH, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Seattle and Orlando.
He replaces KATHY HOSTETTER who was promoted to VP/GM for CBS’s Baltimore station, WJZ-TV last month, after 3 1/2 years as ND at KDKA.
See you at some point this weekend with the full newsletter.
regards,
Rick Gevers
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Greetings:
Like my waistline, the number of open ND jobs inches slightly higher this week, with 35 stations on our list of openings.
That’s because there are FIVE new ND openings while another THREE jobs were filled. ONE of the new openings is in market #1, another is at a CBS o-and-o, while another CBS owned station filled its vacant ND job.
THREE of the above mentioned 35 stations are advertising those openings among our EIGHT paid help wanted ads.
TWO obituaries this week, one a veteran GM who spent much of his career at ABC stations, and another of a former CBS correspondent who finished his career reporting for a special projects unit in Houston.
In Names in the News, a former Wyoming news director is retiring, but you know him for another job. A former BNC producer gets a new job and more.
We’ll see you sometime next weekend depending on the Indy 500 goes!
Newly Named News Directors:
Baynes
KOVR/KMAX-TV, Sacramento, CA…MARY BAYNES moves into the big chair at this CBS owned duopoly. She’s been the Assistant ND for the last four years in her second stint here. In between, she was an EP for CBS’s KCBS/KCAL-TV in Los Angeles for four years, and previously spent four years at KOVR. She replaces MIKE DELLO STRITTO who was also promoted, in his case to VP/News at KCBS/KCAL.
Delgado
KXXV/KRHD-TV, Waco, TX…DAN DELGADO starts June 30th as the next ND for these Scripps owned ABC affiliates covering Waco, Bryan and Temple, TX. We told you last week that Dan was leaving Nexstar’s KCAU-TV in Sioux City, IA. It’s a return to Texas for Dan, who’s also been an ND in Laredo and anchored in San Antonio. He replaces SYVLIA VILLAREAL who left last December after six years.
KIMT-TV, Mason City, IA…DAN CLOUSE returns to this Allen Media owned CBS affiliate, this time as ND. Dan passed along this note which has more details and covers his background. He replaces JAIME COPLEY who left late last year after eleven years as ND and 23 at the station. According to her Linkedin page, she’s now working as an advertising manager for a manufacturing company.
New News Director Openings:
Settle
News 12 New Jersey, Edison, NJ…JEREMY SETTLE is leaving this Altice USA owned cable operation. Here’s the staff note from Altice’s SVP/GM JACQUES NATZ. He’s worked here for nine years, first as Assistant ND and, since 2019, as ND. Jeremy’s worked for Fox News Channel and NewsChannel 8 in Washington and for stations in Washington, DC, Wilkes-Barre, PA and Charlottesville, VA.
Bradley
WBZ-TV, Boston, MA…our UPDATE on Tuesday told you that JESSI MILLER BRADLEY had left this CBS o-and-o. Jessi was the news director here for about 18 months, and worked at the station for 25 years. She first joined ‘BZ in 1997 as a producer. She was promoted to Executive Producer in 2019, and news director in October, 2020.
Polizzi
WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY…LISA POLIZZI has left this Nexstar/CBS affiliate at a most unusual time: in the middle of the coverage of the mass shooting at a local supermarket. This Buffalo News story explains the circumstances. Further complicating matters: the station’s GMs, BRIEN KENNEDY, is scheduled to retire this week. Lisa spent five years as ND and seven at the station, joining from her previous job as ND for WKBW-TV in Buffalo. She’s also worked for a third Buffalo station and in Baltimore.
Gutierrez
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX…TIM GUITERREZ has left this Nexstar owned NBC affiliate after a little more than 1 1/2 years as ND. Tim had previously been the ND for another Nexstar station, KVEO-TV in Brownsville and earlier worked in Laredo, San Antonio, and Albuquerque.
KQDS-TV, Duluth, MN…we told you above that DAN CLOUSE was leaving after ten years to become ND for KIMT-TV in Mason City, IA.
And be sure to check out the new ad just below for the ND job at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, FL.
Paid Help Wanted Ads:
News Director, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL:
WINK News is looking for a News Director with strong leadership skills, great news judgement and exceptional people skills.
Localism is our mantra. We care about what makes or will make news in Southwest Florida. Our News Director must lead with the strategic vision of excellence in breaking news and severe weather coverage, of course, but also encourage hard news enterprise and investigative journalism. WINK has a proven track record of exceptional coverage in all these areas. The next leader of WINK News will enhance and grow those attributes.
WINK News is always on, programming over 80 hours of local news in English and Spanish a week, as well as publishing the best digital news product in Southwest Florida. This news operation requires a proven leader who can nurture a positive culture that produces some of the strongest newscasts in the country.
Creative storytelling, strong live reports and investigative journalism are key components of our newscasts, as well as our digital and social platform presence. Qualified candidates must be digitally savvy and understand the value of social engagement by the entire team.
Recruiting, hiring and developing people with great potential is a critical component of our exceptionalism. WINK grows strong journalists. The WINK News Director must be not only a proven leader, but a coach, teacher, and mentor. The News Director will oversee an exceptional news management team.
Please read the full job description and apply on winknews.com
No phone calls, please.
Executive Producer, KPRC-TV, Houston TX:
KPRC2, the Graham Media Group owned / NBC affiliated station, is on the search for a leader, coach, creative thinker, innovator and top-notch journalist to join our news team as an Executive Producer.
Our next EP will come to work every day, with the passion and drive to be the #1 news organization in Houston on all platforms.
Houston is a diverse, growing city with a non-stop appetite for breaking news, enterprise and investigative journalism. It’s a market prone to year-round severe weather events and winning weather coverage is a top priority.
You’ll help lead the editorial direction of the newsroom, focusing on stories that interest and engage our very diverse audience. Our ideal candidate is someone who’s obsessed with understanding and serving our target audience, understands how to showcase big stories with memorable live shots, has impeccable news judgement and can motivate and lead veteran reporters and young producers while maintaining their cool under pressure.
Our Executive Producers need to react to breaking news and weather without hesitation and be willing to scrap stories the team has been working on all day to get it covered.
As a condition of employment, GMG requires that all newly hired employees be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first day of employment, to the extent permitted by applicable law, unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation, or as otherwise allowed by law.
Visit Click2Houston.com to learn more and apply.
KPRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
News Director, KADN/KLAF-TV, Lafayette, LA:
NEWS15, the local FOX and NBC affiliate in Lafayette, LA is looking for a News Director to lead our news department. We are looking for someone with outstanding leadership skills who thrives on teaching, coaching and developing a strong and positive newsroom environment. In addition, the News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming production.
The News Director will oversee a department that generates 40.5 hours of on-air content on the Lafayette market’s NBC and FOX stations. Lafayette is a great place to live and work with a culture all its own, and we are looking for a someone to oversee a department that produces professional and engaging content that reflects that culture in a way that appeals to our own families and communities
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Specific Job Duties:
Institutes training systems for new employees.
Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
Prepare the department’s budget and manages expenses to meet established financial goals.
Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred.
Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role.
Must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (subject to any medical or religious accommodations or other applicable law).
To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please visit this link to apply for the position.
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Two Senior Producers, Spectrum’s News 1, New York, NY:
Spectrum News NY1 is looking for two Senior-level Producers:
Senior Producer:
· Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer to help us meet our mission: telling local stories that inspire and covering news that truly matters to New York City. You will be producing live and pre-recorded newscasts, making decisions on stories and mentoring Producers and Associate Producers. Are tired of just stacking a newscast? Come produce great content with us!
Senior Producer, Politics:
· Do you love everything politics? Do you want to be able to make an impact and report political stories that matter? Spectrum News NY1 is looking for a Senior Producer, Politics to produce our show,Inside City Hall. You will be working with some of the best political reporters and producers in the country and you will help us cover New York like no one else.
If either of these openings intrigue you, please email Jennifer.Indemaio@charter.com or mike.bothwell@charter.com for more details and be sure to check out 100+ additional openings we have available at jobs.spectrum.com.
Assistant News Director, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN:
KSTP-TV, the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis-St. Paul is looking for an exceptional news manager to fill the position of Assistant News Director for 5 Eyewitness News.
We need a person with at least five years of newsroom leadership experience who can help manage and lead all aspects of our 100-plus member newsroom that is producing over 57 hours of live newscasts each week–along with content across all digital platforms in the nation’s 14th largest market.
The person we are seeking will be capable of working with a great team and exercising strong news judgment on a daily basis.
If working in an environment that emphasizes enterprise reporting and where true innovation has been part of the company’s culture for nearly a century of broadcasting, you should connect with us about this rare opportunity.
We encourage all qualified applicants to apply online by clicking here.
Hubbard Broadcasting is a family-owned company and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center, Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO:
Interested in using your journalism skills to mold the next generation of documentary storytellers? The Missouri School of Journalism is looking for a creative person with a passion for teaching to join its documentary journalism center.
The position is for a faculty member to join the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism and the school’s hands-on teaching approach to creating documentary content. Candidates must excel at storytelling and have experience with the tools necessary to create long-form, visual documentary content.
The successful candidate must be able to take part in the day-to-day operations of the center while inspiring young storytellers to create their best work. Among other duties, the candidate must be able to teach several of the center’s courses, including courses that involve aspects of camera work, field audio and video/audio editing, supervise a laboratory for the production of documentary journalism content, operate the center’s film company, Method M Films, and manage the center’s Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival showcasing student films.
Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university and at least five years of experience in the documentary or journalism field.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the world’s first and best journalism school and to live in a classic American college town with an economical cost of living and a quality of life that’s hard to find elsewhere.
Click this link to apply
News Director, KULR-TV, Billings, MT:
Tired of the big guys?
Why you don’t want to apply for the News Director job in Billings, Montana:
· You can’t use traffic as an excuse for being late to work.
· You’ll burn too many calories enjoying all the ski resorts, lakes and hiking trails.
· There are way too many breweries to choose from.
· You may land a cameo on Yellowstone.
If you don’t heed this warning, you risk becoming a leader in one of the most innovative, family-owned, forward focused journalism organizations in the country, that prides itself on transparency and relaxed intensity. Yes, relaxed intensity is a real thing!
Think twice about this job if you don’t like collaboration, teamwork, or inspiring the next generation of journalists.
This gig isn’t for you if you don’t like strategic planning, telling local stories that matter, and collaborating on a statewide sports network.
And you’ll just hate it here if professional growth, entrepreneurial opportunities, and work/life balance aren’t on your career bucket list.
Want us to give you more reasons why you shouldn’t leave your current, corporate-driven, top-down job, in a congested part of the country for this News Director position in the Treasure State?
Get in touch and contact: Jeff Hite, Director of Recruiting and Training at: jeff.hite@khq.com
KULR-TV is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
No phone calls please.
EP, Investigations & Special Projects, WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL:
Action News Jax in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida is looking for an Executive Producer of Investigations and Special Projects.
You will be joining a team of journalists and managers that has won national investigative awards. Our idea candidate is a driven, detail-oriented, and creative executive producer who manages our special projects team.
We are looking for someone who can break local investigative stories, file public records requests, uncover government waste and hold powerful people accountable. Field producing and/or reporting experience is preferred.
You will work in a state that has some of the best public record laws in the country. You will live in a city that has some of the best beaches in the country. You will manage reporters at a station that is a Fox/CBS duopoly.
We are committed to the highest standards of journalistic integrity.
To learn more and apply, click here:
Other News Management Openings:
ASSISTANT NEWS DIRECTOR:
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, CA (Digital AND, relisted 4/17/22)
KSTP-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (listed 5/15/22, see ad above!)
WCNC-TV, Charlotte, NC (listed 4/3/22)
WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, IN (listed 5/15/22)
KENS-TV, San Antonio TX (listed 5/15/22)
WCPO-TV, Cincinnati OH (listed 5/1/22)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (listed 4/3/22)
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo NY (listed 5/15/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (listed 3/27/22)
WAND-TV, Decatur, IL (listed 3/27/22)
WTVC-TV, Chattanooga, TN (listed 4/3/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
KIVI-TV, Boise, ID (relisted 5/22/22)
WKBT-TV, La Crosse, WI (listed 3/27/22)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WDCW-TV, Washington, DC, (Digital EP, listed 4/10/22)
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 5/22/22, see ad above!)
KPHO/KTVK-TV, Phoenix, AZ (listed 4/3/22)
KPNX-TV, Phoenix, AZ (PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL (relisted 4/24/22)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (listed 5/1/22)
KMGH-TV, Denver, CO (relisted 5/8/22)
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (listed 5/15/22)
KXTV, Sacramento, CA (AM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WJZY-TV, Charlotte, NC (relisted 4/3/22)
KMOV-TV. St. Louis, MO (Special Projects EP, listed relisted 5/8/22)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, NC (listing revised 5/8/22)
WTVF-TV, Nashville, TN (relisted 5/8/22)
KSTU-TV, Salt Lake City, UT (listed 4/10/22)
WBNS-TV, Columbus, OH (Special Projects EP. listed 5/15/22)
KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, NV (Digital Content EP, listed 5/1/22)
WJAX/WFOX-TV, Jacksonville, FL (Inv. & Spec. Projects, see ad above!)
WIAT-TV, Birmingham AL (relisted 4/24/22)
WKBW-TV, Buffalo, NY (listed 4/10/22)
WFTX-TV, Ft. Myers, FL (relisted 5/15/22)
KSEE/KGPE-TV, Fresno, CA (listed 5/22/22)
WPRI-TV, Providence, RI (listed 5/22/22)
KJRH-TV, Tulsa, OK (listed 5/1/22)
WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA (AM EP, listed 5/22/22)
WLTX-TV, Columbia, SC (two openings, AM & PM EP, listed 5/15/22)
WHEC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/1/22)
WROC-TV, Rochester, NY (relisted 5/22/22)
KRGV-TV, Weslaco, TX (AM EP, relisted 4/24/22)
KTSM-TV, El Paso, TX (relisted 4/3/22)
WBTW-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC (relisted 5/22/22)
WBND-TV, South Bend, IN (listed 4/3/22)
WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL (Digital EP, relisted 4/17/22)
WRDE-TV, Milton, DE (listed 5/22/22) **
KFDX-TV, Wichita Falls, TX (listed 4/17/22)
SUPERVISING PRODUCER:
KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo (relisted 4/3/22)
MANAGING EDITOR:
KPRC-TV, Houston, TX (listed 4/3/22)
KGW-TV, Portland, OR (listed 5/15/22)
Spectrum News, Charlotte, NC (listing revised 4/3/22)
KOMU-TV, Columbia, MO (relisted 4/3/22)
More News Management Openings:
Listed 5/15/22:
Spectrum News NY1 (Senior Producer & Senior Producer-Politics) See ad above!
Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, MO: )Supervising Producer, Documentary Journalism Center) See ad above!
WKYC-TV, Cleveland, OH (Digital Content Director)
WHAS-TV, Louisville, KY (Digital Content Director)
WMAZ-TV, Macon, GA (Digital Content Director)
WLAX/WEUX-TV, LaCrosse, WI (Digital Content Manager)
Relisted 5/15/22:
KNXV-TV, Phoenix, AZ: (Assignment Desk Manager)
WFTS-TV, Tampa, FL (Manager of Real Time Depth)
U. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (Director of Student Media)
Listed 5/1/22:
WGMB/WVLA-TV, Baton Rouge, LA (Digital Content Director)
Relisted 4/17/22:
WJW-TV, Cleveland, OH: (Digital Content Director)
Listed 3/13/22:
Obituaries:
Liss
WALTER LISS, whose career included jobs at several ABC owned stations, died Monday. He was 78 years old. This story from WABC-TV in New York highlights his ABC career, but fails to mention his roles as GM for WPLG-TV (then Post- Newsweek) and President of the Cox TV stations Group. For the rest of the story (as PAUL HARVEY liked to say), check out this profile.
Kelley
CHRIS KELLEY, a former CBS News correspondent who later worked in the Special Projects Unit for KPRC-TV (NBC) in Houston, died May 6th at the age of 83. He began his career working for Armed Forced Radio and TV, moved into radio news, advancing to WCBS radio in New York. Chris later moved to TV side before his final TV job in Houston. More in this detailed and interesting obituary.
Names in the News:
Williams
PETE WILLIAMS, a former news director for KTWO-TV in Casper, WY, is retiring. You probably know him better as the longtime NBC News Justice Department correspondent, but he started in Casper. He later worked for then Congressman DICK CHENEY and the Defense Department. His former station, KTWO, covered his retirement news, as did The Washington Post.
WTSP-TV, the Tegna owned CBS affiliate in Tampa/St. Petersburg, has filled its open morning EP position. TAYLOR BERRY will join on June 6th. She was most recently a Senior Producer with the Black News Channel and has aso worked in Houston and New Orleans.
Speaking of Tegna, for those who missed the news in our UPDATE earlier this week, shareholders have approved the merger with Standard.
General Manager News and Notes:
I’m not aware of any GM openings this week. Please email me if you know of one I’ve missed.
Our Full List of Open ND Jobs:
Here’s our list of open ND jobs as of Sunday, May 22, 2022.
It’s unofficial, there may be others that are open, and some of these may have been filled. If you know of any in either category, please let me know: rick@rickgevers.com
News 12 New Jersey. 450 Raritan Center Pkwy, Edison, NJ 08837
WUSA-TV 4100 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, DC 20016
WBZ-TV 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. Boston, MA 02134
WTSP-TV 11450 Gandy Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33702
WCCB-TV 701 Television Place Charlotte, NC 28205
KDKA-TV 1 Gateway Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
KTVX-TV 2175 West 1700 South Salt Lake City, UT 84104
WITI-TV 9001 N Green Bay Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53209
WTLV/WJXX-TV 1070 East Adams Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
WGRZ-TV 259 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202
WIVB-TV 2077 Elmwood Ave Buffalo, NY 14207
WINK-TV 2824 Palm Beach Blvd. Fort Myers, FL 33916 (see ad above!)
WYMT-TV 199 Black Gold Blvd. Hazard, KY 41701
KGMB/KHNL-TV 420 Waiakamilo Rd. Suite 205, Honolulu, HI, 96817
KHQ-TV 1201 W. Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA 99201
WHNT-TV 200 Holmes Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801
WSAV-TV 1430 East Victory Dr., Savannah, GA 31404
KTSM-TV 3801-D Constitution El Paso, TX 79922
KRNV/KRXI-TV 1790 Vassar St. Reno, NV 89502
KNDO/KNDU-TV 216 W. Yakima Ave., Yakima, WA 98902
KAPP/KVEW-TV 601 N. Edison Kennewick, WA 99336
KADN-TV 1500 Eraste Landry Rd. Lafayette, LA 70506 (see ad above!)
WLTZ-TV 6140 Buena Vista Rd. Columbus, GA 31907
KBMT-TV 525 Interstate 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701
KCAU-TV 5993 Gordon Drive Sioux City, IA
KQDS-TV 2001 London Road Duluth, MN 55812
KODE/KSNF-TV 1502 S. Cleveland Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801
KTAB/KRBC-TV 4510 South 14th St. Abilene TX 79605
KULR-TV. 2045 Overland Ave. Billings, MT 59102 (see ad above!)
KALB-TV 605 Washington Street; Alexandria, LA 71301
WETM-TV 101 East Water Street Elmira, NY 14901
KMVT-TV 1100 Blue Lakes Blvd North, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Delta News 837 Washington Ave Greenville, MS 38701
KAEF-TV 540 E Street Eureka, CA 95501
KYOU-TV 820 West 2nd Street; Ottumwa, IA 52501
**: Spanish language station