![]() ![]() Young people are often in a phase of life where landing the better job is more important than the location. Let’s remember, there has always been turnover when it comes to weekend anchors in the 23 years I’ve covered the Pittsburgh market. WTAE weekend forecaster Cam Tran left for a job at WTAE’s sister-station in Orlando, Fla.ĭeparted WPXI meteorologist Danielle Dozier still hasn’t said where she’s going.įor WTAE weekend anchor Brittany Hoke, it seems like she encountered some turbulence at WTAE and wanted out of a business that can have its share of egos and screamers for a better quality of work life. I think to some degree, Pittsburgh viewers were lulled by the stability of the market for the past 25 years with major changes to Monday-Friday evening anchor teams only coming recently and in quick succession.Īs to why young people leave, the reasons vary.įor Chris Lovingood, who departs WTAE later this month for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C., it was an opportunity for advancement (he’ll move from a weekend shift to weekdays). WTAE METEOROLOGIST LEAVING TVPittsburgh is not a Top 10 or Top 20 TV market, so it’s unrealistic to expect young people to stay. But change is a constant in the TV news business. Rob: There is no one-size-fits-all answer. Pay? Working conditions? Pittsburgh isn’t as big as it was even 31 years ago when I moved here after college. I thought the Brennan sisters would be here forever (aren’t they natives?) and very few stay long term. Q: Why do you suppose Pittsburgh’s TV stations simply can’t keep the young upstarts? WTAE-TV’s Chris Lovingood is the latest in a growing list of fine young reporters and anchors who simply bolt after a few years. ![]() You can find all of his columns here, and you can email him.Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Louis, said she enjoyed listening to the work Carter and her teams produced in the Midwest and looks forward to her contributions in Pittsburgh.Īndrew Conte, founding director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, writes the On Media column at NEXTpittsburgh with support from The Heinz Endowments. The station’s Executive Editor Cindi Lash, who moved back to Pittsburgh this summer after working in St. – In hiring news, 90.5 WESA’s new managing editor, Maria Carter, comes to the station from Kansas City where she worked in public radio and led a multi-state collaborative reporting project called Harvest Public Media. She told readers that she’s proud of the work the nonprofit newsroom has accomplished in her five years there, and she wants to focus on herself: “It’s an incredibly difficult decision for me to depart but it’s time for me to move on and get well and find myself again outside of PublicSource.” – PublicSource’s executive director Mila Sanina has announced that she plans to step down before the end of the year. She told the Post-Gazette’s Joshua Axelrod that while she was a trailblazer, more people of color need air time: “We need to get to the point where there are multiple Black and brown people on the air because we all walk different paths and have different experiences, and I think we all grow when we share those experiences.” – KDKA-AM radio host and KDKA television reporter Lynne Hayes-Freeland is retiring from both positions after 45 years on the air. Thank you for trusting me in telling your stories. “Thank you for inviting me into your homes for the past 6 1/2 years. “This year, I am thankful for you, Pittsburgh,” she wrote. She did not specifically say what she wants to do next except that she has other goals to pursue. – WTAE-TV’s Katelyn Sykes announced on Facebook that she also has chosen not to renew her contract to remain on the air after Monday, Nov. She let viewers know via Facebook that she’s taking a break: “For right now, I’m going to take my dogs for more long walks, focus on my family, my faith and catch up on 21 years of lost sleep!” ![]() – Longtime anchor Kelly Frey has left WTAE-TV after failing to reach a new contract with the station. The so-called “Great Resignation” continues to take a toll on local journalism with several high-profile journalists announcing plans to step away from their news outlets this fall: ![]()
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