Mitch's Media Musings

Aug. 16 – Sept. 15, 2019

General

Remember, if you're looking f or TV clips f rom Atlanta stations, contact

Cindy Champion at TrackNews (cchampion@itracknews.com)!

Congrats to Chadwick Boyd! He's going to be a judge f or Hallmark

Channel’s f irst ever original, non-scripted series, “Christmas Cookie
Matchup. The new baking competition show premieres this holiday
season.

NATAS SE Gold and Silver Circle Inductees - Congrats to all the inductees. All Silver except as noted.
Full list is at https://www.southeastemmy.com/gold -silver-circle. But Atlanta honorees include Dana Fowle
(Fox5), John Weatherf ord (Gold), Steve Doerr (CBS46), Bruce Mason (11Alive), Bill Nigut (GPB), Jennif er
Rigby (11Alive) Alex Sanz (AP), Carol Sbarge and Brad Stone (WSB TV).

Congrats to the Everywhere Agency's Danica Kombol and the new "Influencer Marketing Association"
that she helped f ound It launched yesterday as a nonprof it to protect the ethics of the industry.
Details: http://tinyurl.com/y4wm492s.

Society of Professional Journalists - "Tools f or Investigative Reporting" workshop, Oct. 18 f or students,

early career journalist or really anyone looking to sharpen their investigative skills.
Details: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/spjga/299761.

Atlanta Press Club

• Sept. 25 Mixer, Details: https://atlantapressclub.org/events/apc-af ter-deadline-end-of -summer-
global-media-mixer/
• Nov. 7, Hall of Fame Dinner, Details: https://atlantapressclub.org/events/the-2019-atlanta-press-
club-hall-of -f ame-dinner/

Associated Press - Jef f Amy joins, covering education in Georgia and across the
South.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Fiza Pirani has lef t the paper. She writes about why she's
leaving: http://tinyurl.com/yxca96gg.
• Congrats to reporter Tyler Estep on adding a daughter to the f amily!
• If you're sending new hire or promotion inf o, Bill Hendrick has a new email.
It's in the Lef f 's Atlanta Media database.

(Tara Murphy,
The Atlanta 100)
Atlanta magazine - Rich Eldridge named best mentor by Creative Loafing. Not a surprise!

Dunwoody Crier - Carson Cook has been named the new editor.

Georgia News Network

• Matt Cook announces he'll retire at the end of September. He’s spent 30 years with GNN and
iHeartMedia. He’s not sure what he’ll do next, so if you have ideas, give him a ring!
• Scott Kimbler joins f rom WDUN Radio , a great reporter addition to the team.

GPB - Held a gala event in honor of Brenda Lee this month. The country music star was the f irst recipient
of the GPC Legend award. Details: http://tinyurl.com/y63ldoao

Gwinnett Daily Post - Added reporter Taylor Denman.

(The) Local Lense - New entertaiment-f ocused podcast.

Marietta Daily Journal - Reporter Jon Gargis departs to start his own company, Gargis Consulting. He'll
be of fering PR and communications assistance ... and he says he's already landed his f irst client! Website
www.Gargisconsulting.com.

Reporter Newspapers - Reporter Evelyn Andrews departs. She's started graduate work at the University
of Georgia in their Emerging Media Masters program.

Simply Buckhead - Look f or Mickey Goodman's "Local Salute" this month f eaturing Christine Pullara,
host of Atlanta & Company on 11Alive.

WABE - New podcast, "Bottom of the Map," is f ocused o n Southern hip-hop culture "and its impact on the
world." It's hosted by Christina Lee and Dr. Regina
Bradley. More: https://www.wabe.org/shows/bottomofthemap/

WAGA Fox5 - Producer Paul Gourley departs f or WJLA ABC in Washington D.C. f or a Managing Editor
position.

WGCL / CBS46
• Shon Gable has been named evening editor
• Rick Fulbaum joins at evening anchor, replacing the recently departed Thomas Roberts.
• Karyn Greer moves to morning anchor duties
• Tracye Hutchins moves to af ternoon anchor duties

(Jennifer Morrell, Inside Cheerleading)

WSB TV
• Rikki Klaus has departed
• Craig Lucie has departed to launch his own content generation company.
• Justin Gray will be returning in late Sept. f or a position on the investigative team. He's been a
Washington correspondent f or Cox Media Group f or the last f ew years.

WXIA TV - Long-time (and much respected) assignment manager Erika Facey Palmer is no longer with
the station.

News from the PR Dept.

• Congrats to Ann Toro Sevillano f or her new job at the CDC!

• Congrats to us! Lef f & Associates clients MomoCon and Serta Simmons Bedding are both
f inalists f or PRSA Phoenix Awards this year. Awards dinner is in November.
• PRSA Georgia's Chapter Champion f or September is Chrissy Reddick, senior specialist at
Scana.

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