Carole Meekins will retire from TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) on Nov. 30 after 32 years at the station and more than 40 years in television. Meekins is an award-winning journalist and the most veteran anchor in the Milwaukee market. She is well known for the station’s Positively Milwaukee franchise and helped launch the annual Positively Milwaukee Awards… Read More: Meekins to retire from TMJ4 News »
Diana Gutiérrez is the new co-anchor of “WISN 12 News at 10:00 p.m.,” effective Nov. 20. On weeknights, she will work alongside co-anchor Patrick Paolantonio, meteorologist Mark Baden, and Sports Director Dario Melendez. Gutiérrez will also serve in an enhanced reporting role on “WISN 12 News at 6:00 p.m.” “Diana has made many meaningful connections… Read More: Gutiérrez named 10 p.m. co-anchor on WISN-TV »
A co-anchor team on a Green Bay TV station are marking 25 years on the air together. On Friday, Action 2 News (WBAY-TV) evening anchors Bill Jartz and Cami Rapson marked the milestone. Jartz was already the station’s established sports director when Rapson arrived in Green Bay in 1993. After working her first year as a… Read More: Green Bay co-anchors mark 25 years on air together »
From Wisconsin Watch: George Stanley, a nationally respected veteran news leader and longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor, has been named CEO of Wisconsin Watch, effective Oct. 16. “We are pleased that a journalist of George’s stature will lead Wisconsin Watch into the future,” said Brant Houston, chair of Wisconsin Watch’s board of directors. “He has… Read More: George Stanley to lead Wisconsin Watch »
Meteorologist Dana Fulton is joining WKOW-TV’s 27 News Wake Up Wisconsin weekday mornings from 4:30-7a.m. Fulton served four years as a meteorologist at WISC-TV in Madison. Prior to moving to Wisconsin, Fulton was chief meteorologist at WACH in Columbia, South Carolina. During her time there she also worked as a weekend manager, news anchor, multimedia… Read More: Fulton to join WKOW-TV morning show »
Toya Washington is joining Morgan Murphy Media to coach and mentor anchors and reporters across the company. For Washington, this is a return to Morgan Murphy Media after interning, reporting and anchoring at WISC-TV in Madison from 1997-2002. For the past 20 years, she’s been a fixture on Milwaukee newscasts before stepping back for more… Read More: Washington to join Morgan Murphy Media as coach, mentor »
In 1947, fourteen years before the famous Freedom Rides of the early 1960s, a small group of courageous civil rights activists boarded buses and trains to fight segregation laws in the South. Their little-known story was captured by Wisconsin Public Radio’s Robin Washington, who brought the survivors of the ride together to retrace their trip… Read More: WPR journalist honored for audio documentary »
Janesville Gazette journalist Neil Johnson is joining Big Radio covering southern Wisconsin news. Johnson brings with him 14 years of experience at the Gazette covering communities in and around the Janesville area. “In a local news environment, the independent aspect of being the person in the room who disseminates it … that is just trying… Read More: Gazette journalist joins Big Radio »
TMJ4 (WTMJ-TV) in Milwaukee is adding a Kenosha-embedded reporter to its news team. Veteran journalist Jeffrey Zampanti, who has been covering the Kenosha community for nearly three decades, is a 1991 Tremper High School graduate and has spent the last 20 years as a sportswriter and multimedia journalist at the Kenosha News and as Director… Read More: Milwaukee TV station adds Kenosha-embedded reporter »
Mark McPherson is set to return to Wisconsin as NBC15’s (WMTV-TV’s) next evening anchor/reporter. McPherson will succeed evening anchor John Stofflet, who announced last summer that he will retire from his current role and sign-off for the final time at the end of this June. His retirement comes as John celebrates 40 years in television… Read More: McPherson named evening anchor for WMTV-TV »
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