Mitch's Media Musings - Nov 2022

Mitch's Media Musings

Oct. 16 - Nov. 15, 2022

General

Appen Media - Delaney Tarr joins as a staff reporter covering Roswell.

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Maybe I mentioned this before, but the paper won a Toner Award for excellent in political reporting. Details.

Atlanta Senior Life - Collin Kelly is the new editor.

Bloomberg News - Brett Pulley joins as Atlanta Bureau Chief

Cobb Business Journal - Madison Hogan departs for a new role at Earthlink

Floodlight News- Kristi Swartz joins as an investigative reporter focuses on the southeast. She was previously with EENews

Fox News - David Lewkowict promoted to Atlanta Bureau chief

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Devon Zwald joins as Newscaster/producer
Congrats to political reporter Stephen Fowler on an impending new arrival to the family!

Marietta Daily Journal - The MDJ has purchased six local papers from Southern Community Newspapers Inc. (SCNI).

The publications acquired by Times-Journal are the Gwinnett Daily Post, Rockdale Citizen, Newton Citizen, Henry Herald, Clayton News and the Jackson Progress-Argus. Details here.

(The) New York Times - We've added Atlanta based national correspondent Tarira Mzezewa to the database

Oz magazine goes to all digital.

Reporter Newspapers - They've launched a new weekly newsletter, Silver Streak. It launched Oct. 25.

Simply Buckhead - Karina Antenucci steps down from the editor position. She'll be focusing on her copywriting business Message Sprout and her wellness blog Badass + Healthy.

WABE Radio

Emil Moffatt departs the sunny south for the gloomy, eternal rain and clouds of Seattle. He's now the All Things Considered afternoon anchor at KNKX Radio.
ChamIan Cruz joins from the Appen papers. She’s their new Criminal Justice reporter.

WANF TV

Abby Kousouris joins as a reporter covering statewide topics. look for her stories on Gray TV stations across Georgia.

WSB TV

After 40+ years on your TV, Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns has retired. The AJC's Rodney Ho writes.
Brad Nitz is the Chief Meteorologist for the station
Christian Jennings is now Executive Producer/Host for Neighborhood TV
Congrats to anchor Sophia Choi on her recent engagement!
Richard Belcher retires after 50+ years in tv news. The AJC's Bill Torpy writes.

WXIA TV / 11Alive

Kathy Bourn retires after 40 years as a photojournalist.
Bobeth Yates joins as a general assignment reporter. You might remember her time at CBS46 from 2018 - 21.
Former Atlanta & Company producer Eboni Lemon is now Assistant Program Director at PBS in DC.
Madison Carter departs. She's now an Investigative Anchor at WSOC-TV in Charlotte, NC.
Faith Jessie joins as weeknight anchor. She'll anchor at 5 p.m. with Jennifer Bellamy. She'll also report for 11Alive’s weeknight newscasts. Jessie joins from Newsday in NYC and worked for KSNV-TV (NBC) in Las Vegas as a reporter and fill-in anchor for more than four years. She began her career as a weekend anchor at WICZ-TV (FOX) in Binghamton, NY after graduating from University of Southern California.

News from the PR Dept

Congrats to all the award winners at the 2022 PRSA Georgia Phoenix awards, including Leff & Associates, which won an award for its work on MomoCon. Details on all the awards are at www.prsageorgia.org.

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