Dewayne Bevil – Orlando Sentinel
May 16, 2012 by Katrina
Filed under Newspapers
Dewayne Bevil covers Central Florida’s attractions in his weekly column, Theme Park Ranger. He covers the major amusement parks, including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando, as well as smaller attractions in the area. Before taking on his current assignment in 2007, Bevil served as a senior designer for the paper’s calendar section [...]
Arkansas’ Magnolia Banner News names new editor
May 16, 2012 by Katrina
Filed under Newspapers
Aaron Morris has joined the Magnolia Banner News as managing editor. He replaces Jamie Davis, who left the paper. The Magnolia Banner News has a daily circulation of approximately 4,000. It covers the Columbia County, Ark. area. Aaron Morris Magnolia Banner News (870) 234-5130 editor(at)bannernews.net www.bannernews.net
WXMI adds rival station’s reporter to its news team
Jennifer Dowling started at WXMI last week after leaving its cross-town rival, WWMT-TV (CBS). Dowling joins WXMI as reporter after anchoring and reporting for WWMT since 2010. She also worked at KEVN-TV (FOX) in Rapid City, S.D., KTIV-TV (NBC) in Sioux City, Iowa, and WHO-TV (NBC) in Des Moines, Iowa. This FOX affiliate broadcasts to [...]
Direct Marketing News loses editor in chief
Direct Marketing News’ editor in chief Carol Krol stepped down earlier this month. After three years as the title’s top editor, Krol is set to join CBS Interactive’s custom content division. Her last editorial was published in the May 1 issue. Ryan Joe is now DMN’s most senior editor. Ryan Joe Direct Marketing News (646) [...]
KFOG launches new morning show
KFOG will premiere its new morning show, “KFOG in the Morning” on May 29. Hosted by Tony Longo, Melanie Walker and Greg Gory, the show will air weekdays from 5 to 10 a.m. and feature a Bay Area focus. Gory has been with the station since December, but Longo and Walker are both joining KFOG [...]
Social media heroes
May 16, 2012 by Katrina
Filed under Media Blog
Social media is more than just a useful tool for businesses; it has become increasingly imperative for newspapers to share content, engage readers and break news on various platforms if they want to stay in the game. The country’s national newspapers have amassed huge followings with Twitter “Klout” scores to be envied. So what papers [...]
Jennie Runevitch – WTHR-TV
Jennie Runevitch is a weekend anchor and reporter for WTHR in Indianapolis. She appears on the 6 and 11 p.m. weekend broadcasts. Prior to joining the station as a reporter in 2006, Runevitch spent three years as an anchor and reporter at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Ind. She has also served as a weekend anchor [...]
Editor’s media picks – 5/16
May 16, 2012 by Katrina
Filed under Media Center
CNBC making advertising push CNBC is making a major pitch to advertisers for its prime time programming, which it re-branded last Fall as “CNBC Smart,” reports Alex Weprin of TVNewser. Weprin writes, “CNBC has been pushing ‘CNBC Smart’ heavily to media buyers in the last month or so, a buyer at one of the major [...]
Michelle Griego – KPIX-TV
Michelle Griego is an anchor and reporter for KPIX in San Francisco. She appears on CBS 5 Eyewitness News at 4:30 a.m., 5 a.m., 6 a.m., and noon. Prior to joining the station in March 2012, Griego served as a reporter and anchor at KCNC-TV in Denver. Before that, she was a Web specialist and [...]
WETM’s loss is WIVB’s gain
WIVB has added two reporters to its news team, both coming from WETM-TV (NBC). Previously a co-anchor on the morning newscast, Brittni Smallwood has joined WIVB as a reporter for the morning and noon newscasts. Steve Vesey, who was a sports director at WETM, joins WIVB as a sports reporter. WIVB-TV is a CBS affiliate [...]