Mitch's Media Musings

March 16 - April 15, 2024

General

AIB Network - AIB has received the prestigious "2024 Wilbur Award" for "A Taste of History with Chutzpah - Remarkable Stories of the Southern Jewish Adventure" in the Audio-Visual Productions/Broadcast/Short category. This is the highest level of recognition provided by the Religion Communicators Council

Atlanta Business Chronicle

(correction) Anila Yoganathan joins as a staff writer covering fintech and technology topics (apologies for misspelling her name last month)
Janelle Ward joins covering housing market and residential real estate development

Atlanta Constitution

Jamie Riley joins as Editorial Page Editor. She is a veteran journalist who has also worked as an editor at The Washington Post and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Check out this new guide to vegan dining in Atlanta from the AJC’s food team
We've added Gwinnett reporter Alia Pharr to our Leff's Atlanta Media database. Before joining the AJC, she worked at papers in Texas and Connecticut and served in the Peace Corps in El Salvador. She speaks and writes fluently in Spanish.

Atlanta Voice - James Washington, the president and general manager of the paper, has died. His achievements and acolades are many, so many that I'll simply ask that you read this story.

Black Information Network - Trey Thomas Murphy is now an anchor for BIN

Decaturish - Decaturish is interested in hiring a freelance writer who would cover restaurant and development news. Interested candidates contact Dan at editor@decaturish.com.

Decatur City Lifestyle - We've added several new contacts to the database

Georgia Public Broadcasting - We've added Rural Health Reporter Sofi Gratis to our database. Sofi is covering rural health and health care for GPB. Based in Macon, her coverage area includes Middle and South Georgia. Her focus is on the crisis facing rural communities that consistently rank near the bottom nationwide in health and health care.

Paste magazine - Paste has acquired the AV Club, an online pub that covers pop culture. Here are details about it all.

Saporta Report - Sources say Tom Baxter was sighted at the state capitol this month!

Scripps News

Robin Dich is now Senior Producer for the network's Morning Rush show
Lisa Cohen is now Executive Producer for the network
Hanna Gordola has joined as Executive Producer for the network's 12 - 3 pm show

Urbanize Atlanta - Congrats to Josh Green. His book, "Secrets of Ash," has been nominated Georgia Author of the Year by the Georgia Writer's Association

WAGA TV/Fox 5

Check out a new Wednesday segment, "Casting Call with Tess Hammock," on Good Day Atlanta.

WGXA (Macon) - News Director Jeff Cox departs

WSB TV

Marian Pittman takes on the President of Content role, replacing Ray Carter who retires after 40 years in TV
If you're not getting enough of Jorge Estevez during the week on TV, you can listen to him on Thursday nights on the Shelley Winters Show on WSB Radio.

WXIA TV/11Alive

Andrew Tyree joins as a Correspondent for the Atlanta & Company show. He'll be looking for stories about food, events, family-fun, and more. He will appear weekdays at 11 a.m. on 11Alive with host Cara Kneer. Click here for what's on his "new to Atlanta" bucket list! (list includes the Center for Civil and Human Rights, golfing, Michelin rated restaurants)

94.9 The Bull - Brian Moote and Kimmie Caruba have been let go. Details from the AJC's Rodney Ho. They're been replaced by the syndicated "Bobby Bones Show."

News from the PR Dept.

PRSA Georgia's March 2024 Chapter Champion is Laura Burr
Scott Merritt's "Second Act Stories" podcast series is the only independent podcast to earn an official The Webby Awards podcast nomination, in the Advice & How-to category. Click here to vote.
Georgia Entertainment PR Alliance member NEW's Public Relations (Nicholas Wolaver) recently collaborated with client Sarasota Box Office to publicize the U.S. premiere of Germany's Great Bavarian Circus in Atlanta. The tour publicity project continues through mid-May in Augusta, Ga.
Melissa Libby has been named to the Georgia Restaurant Association 2024 board of directors.