On the Move

On the Move, 2/21/12

Dallas native Teresa Woodard moves back to her hometown as she joins WFAA as a reporter. She was previously an anchor-reporter at KTVI in St. Louis.

WFTS reporter Jeff Butera joins WZVN in Fort Myers as the station’s primary anchor.

Eric Sollman, an anchor-reporter at WAFF in Huntsville, joins Bay News 9 in Tampa.

WFFF reporter Natalie Peterson joins RNN in New Jersey.

Stacey Skrysak joins WAND in Decatur, IL as an anchor. She was previously an anchor at KRTV in Boise. Read more

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On the Move, 2/17/12

James Koh joins Los Angeles Fox O&O KTTV as a reporter. He leaves KSWB in San Diego where he was an MMJ.

Elyce Kirchner has been promoted to investigative reporter at KNTV in San Francisco, joining the NBC Bay Area investigative team as the Travel and Safety Beat Reporter. Kirchner has been working as a freelance reporter at the station for the past year.

Raul Martinez will join KDVR in Denver at the end of March as a weekend sports anchor and reporter. He leaves KVIA in El Paso where he has been the sports director for the past six years.

Mark Meredith jumps 85 markets to join KDVR in Denver as a general assignment reporter.  For the last two years, Meredith has been an MMJ at WMBF in Myrtle Beach. Read more

On the Move, 2/16/12

Moving back to her hometown of Cincinnati, Kendall Herold joins WCPO as a multimedia journalist. She was previously an anchor at WGXA in Macon, GA.

Cate Cauguiran, morning anchor at KTVL in Medford, OR, is joining KPIX in San Francisco as a freelance reporter.

Rita Marcocci has been named vice president and general sales manager of WFLD-WPWR in Chicago. She previously served in the same role at Fox Station Sales in New York.

Former Bay News 9 reporter Melanie Snow has joined the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, where she will be the community outreach and crime prevention media coordinator.

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On the Move, 2/15/12

Adam Yosim joins WLEX in Lexington as a general assignment reporter. He previously worked at WCTI in Greenville.

Kristine Johnson renews her contract as 5 and 11 p.m. anchor at WCBS in New York City.

WCBS reporter Jay Dow joins rival WPIX in New York City.

WTNH meteorologist Steve Villanueva joins WPIX as a traffic reporter and back-up weather anchor.

Karen Hepp is promoted to weekday morning anchor at WTXF in Philadelphia. Read more

On the Move, 2/14/12

Robyn Haines joins WCMH in Columbus, OH as a reporter.  Most recently, Haines worked as a morning anchor and health reporter at WWTV in Cadillac, MI.

Meteorologist James Hopkins moves to WOWK in Charleston-Huntington, WV, where he’ll appear on the CBS-affiliate’s weekday morning and noon newscasts.  Previously, Hopkins served as a weekend meteorologist and reporter at WJCL-WTGS in Savannah.

Todd Hicks joins Milwaukee NBC-affiliate WTMJ as a reporter.  Hicks comes to Milwaukee from WGBA in Green Bay.

Rachael Penton gets her first on-air job as a weekend meteorologist-reporter for KALB in Alexandria, LA. Read more

On the Move, 2/10/12

Steve Shaw joins KWTV in Oklahoma City as a general assignment reporter.  Previously, Shaw worked as a reporter at KSTP in Minneapolis-St. Paul and WDAF in Kansas City.

Karl Torp also joins KWTV in Oklahoma City, where he’ll work as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter.  Torp comes to Oklahoma City from WAWS in Jacksonville, where he was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor.

Shaw and Torp are represented by Mort Meisner Associates.

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On the Move, 2/7/12

Glenn Davis joins WDRB-WMYO in Louisville as an account executive. He previously was the general sales manager at crosstown rival WAVE.

Freelance reporter Derricke Dennis has been promoted to staff correspondent at WCBS in New York City. He reports on the weekday evening newscasts.

Luis Felipe Godinez joins KDTV, the Univision station in San Francisco, from KINC, the Univision station in Las Vegas. He will be an executive producer at KDTV. Read more

On the Move, 2/2/12

Bob Beard is the new 5 and 7 p.m. anchor at Charlottesville triopoly WCAV-WVAW-WAHU.  Beard was formerly a correspondent with NBC, CNBC, and CNN.

Suzanne Wilson joins WCAV-WVAW-WAHU as a weekend meteorologist and reporter.  Wilson is a recent graduate of North Carolina State and a former intern at WRAL in Raleigh.

Lesley Martin joins KPIX as a producer. She comes to San Francisco from Denver, where she was the 10 p.m. producer at KMGH.

Kristin Byrne joins WEWS in Cleveland as a general assignment/multimedia reporter.  Previously, Byrne worked at WBAY in Green Bay. Read more

On the Move, 1/31/12

Nathalie Basha joins WDTN in Dayton, as the host of “Living Dayton.”

Peter Daut joins Charlotte ABC-affiliate WSOC as the weekday morning and midday anchor. Most recently, Daut worked as a reporter at KXAS in Dallas.

Jackie Bruno joins New England Cable News (NECN) as the weekend anchor and lifestyle reporter. Bruno comes to NECN from WWLP in Springfield, MA.

Darren Haynes joins WHDH in Boston as a sports reporter and fill-in anchor from KABB in San Antonio.

All of the journalists mentioned here are represented by Ken Lindner, Karen Wang-Lavelle, Rob Jordan, Melissa Van Fleet, Kristin Allen, Lexi Strumor, and Jill Walter of Ken Lindner & Associates.

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On the Move, 1/27/11

LaMar Holliday joins WANE in Fort Wayne as a multimedia journalist.  He comes to Indiana from Texas, where he worked as a general assignment reporter for KBMT in Beaumont.

Clay Koenig has been promoted to vice president and director of sales at WAND.  Koenig had previously served as general sales manager at the NBC-affiliate.

Kristen Guilfoos moves to WSAW in Wausau, WI, where she’ll be the  weekday morning anchor.  Most recently, Guilfoos worked at KFDA in Amarillo as a weekend anchor.

Guilfoos is represented by Mort Meisner Associates.

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