Good stories, or even not-so-good

If you have good stories posted on your station's Web site, let me know. I'd like to link to them from our staff Web site so that our students can be inspired by the quality of work being done by their predecessors. I've already posted one from Gina Ford at WEEK-TV in Peoria.

Cream of the Crap Part II

It's an adventure. For those of you who don't know, the ABC station in Providence, which is the #3 station but seemed to be on the way up when our old friend Regent Ducas was their interim news director, has now taken a not-good-at-all turn for the worse. Regent is gone, and the new permanent ND has adopted this style even more egregious than Regents where they call arrested but NOT CONVICTED suspects "thugs" and in a prostitution story the other day, the reporter stopped mid-intro and said, "Bow-chick-a-bow-wow!" Ugh!

(Video was here, but ABC 6 has removed it from their website)

They also mis-reported a police shooting the other day. They were reporting a Providence policeman had been shot. Then, about 10 minutes later when were were reporting that no officer had been shot, they updated their report to say that TWO police officers had been shot and were being transported to RI Hospital. Um....no. They had to come back after their noon newscast at about 12:45 and say..."Oops, no officers shot. Sorry!"

So every day's an adventure.
Bieke

Cream of the crap

Hey, Bieke, what's it like competing with lowlife thugs?

Another job placement

Elyse Calderon (May '07) moves from 6 and 10 p.m. producer at KSNT in Topeka to producer/writer at KWGN-TV in Denver.

Emmy winner

Adam Sechrist has won a regional Emmy for the 4 p.m. newscast he produces on KAKE-TV in Wichita. More details as they become available.

Another job placement

Lexy Kohake, May 2008, lands a job as morning producer, with some reporting, at KXRM Fox 21 in Colorado Springs.

Moving on - Pt. 2

The station they're moving to is WMBF. And Shannon leaves WREX in Rockford.

Moving on

Two KUJH-TV alums will be principals in a new start-up TV news operation in Myrtle Beach, SC. Danner Evans, who moves from WSET in Lynchburg, Virginia, will be one of the main anchors, and Shannon Mortimer, who moves from Rockford, Illinois, will be a producer.

Questions For Those Who Got Out

Since those good old days of KUJH, many of us have left the TV world and moved on. I'm thinking it may be time for me to do the same.

Below are some questions, and if any of you would be kind enough to answer them and e-mail me back (or just post them-- I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking of leaving,) I would greatly appreciate it!

What are you doing now?

How did you tailor your resume to your new job, since your new place of employment is different from broadcast journalism?

TVjobs.com is not an option anymore, so where did you look for a new job?

Is the pay better? (Not looking for an exact figure of course, but any ballpark numbers on improvement would be great!)

Do you miss TV? Would you go back? Is leaving worth it?

Thanks again!

Derek Kenyon
derekkenyon@hotmail.com

Moving On Up

Two KU grads are moving to a new NBC affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC. Danner Evans (2000), from WSET in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Shannon Mortimer (2007), from WREX in Rockford, Illinois. Danner will be a main anchor; Shannon a producer.

Dick