Mitch's Media Musings May 2021
Mitch's Media Musings
April 16 - May 15, 2021
General
4 Questions Journalist Spotlight - Check out our latest interviews with Rolling Out's Tigner Ran, Georgia Box Office's Sheena Wiley, and WAOK's Rashad Richey! You can watch in video format or listen to audio: https://www.leffsatlantamedia.com/q4-journalists. You can also find our podcasts on just about any podcast platform (Apple, Amazon, Spotify, iHeartRadio, etc.).
We've got a number of new reporters in Atlanta this month, so I thought I'd share this link again, "How to Sound Like a Local (The Unofficial Pronunciation & Important-Things-to-Know Guide for Reporters New to Atlanta)": https://tinyurl.com/yxumejqa.
Writer Mickey Goodman has a new book out, MY PURSUIT OF BEAUTY: A COSMETIC CHEMIST REVEALS THE GLITZ, TH GLAM, AND THE BATSH*T CRAZY. It was released in January 2021 as a paperback and print version and was on May 15 as an audio book, and a documentary is debuting at the Sundance Festival. It's about Vince Spinnato, who has created more than 300 beauty and fragrance products for celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to Gwen Stefani to Michael Jordan and many more. This business memoir gives rare insight into what goes into creating consumer products along with sheer determination and talent it takes to compete in that field. More: https://vincespinnato.com/.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Doug Sams promoted to Senior Editor/News.
Eric Mandel is now Senior Editor/Digital.
Jessica Saunders is now Senior Editor/Print.
Donnell Suggs joins as a reporter covering Commercial Real Estate.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Leroy Chapman promoted to Managing Editor
Check out this piece written by Joshua Sharpe for The Atlantic, "We Should All Be More Afraid of Driving." Sharpe was also nominated this month for his story, “The Imperfect Alibi: The forgotten suspect, the DNA and the church murders that haunted a detective.”
0The AJC is adding two "Report for America" staffers to cover immigrant issues. The two journalists, Paradise A0fshar and Lautaro Grinspan, join the paper in June. Details here.
Daily Report - The paper is looking for a writer to cover the business of law
Decaturish - The site has hired its first full-time reporter, Zoe Seiler! Details: https://tinyurl.com/yhj5knyn.
Georgia Public Broadcasting - Amanda Andrews joins as a general assignment reporter. She'll also be contributing to GPB's GA today newsletter.
Georgia State University magazine - Check out this profile of former AJC and WSJ writer Doug Blackmon. Link: https://news.gsu.edu/magazine/crusader-by-another-name+?fbclid=IwAR2Gw7xtrs_itBUwA5kyhPPVdIbSJcY9-1_rX611G8qNZ3RhJ0ogRNf0zlg.
NexStar - Look for reporter Archith Seshadri in WandaVision!
NewsNation - This national cable news network has opened an Atlanta bureau. Janel Forte is the bureau reporter. Details: https://www.nexstar.tv/newsnation-expands-with-atlanta-bureau-names-janel-forte-new-correspondent/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co.
ProPublica- Sarah Smith moves from the Houston Chronicle to ProPublica's South Bureau, covering housing, poverty, mental health, and religion.
WABE - Producer Grace Walker departs for a position at CNN Audio. She'll be an associate producer on their original series podcasting unit. Check out their work: https://www.cnn.com/audio.
WAGA TV/Fox5
Katie Beasley is leaving the station after eight years. Rodney Ho writes about it here. Her last day at the station is June 4.
Brooke Zauner is moving to a position as morning reporter for Good Day Atlanta.
Long-time sports reporter and anchor Ken Rodriquez is retiring.
WGCL/CBS46
CBS46 was one of 17 television stations acquired this month by Gray Television. The deal also includes Peachtree TV. Gray bought the stations from Meredith Corp, which has owned CBS46 for many years. More details here. Gray now owns 101 television outlets serving 113 markets, reaching 36 percent of U.S. TV households.
Mary Eliza Smith joins as a general assignment reporter. She comes most recently from Columbus, OH, where she worked for Sinclair Broadcasting. Oh, and she goes by "Mary."
WSB Radio - Congrats to producer Jared Yamamoto, producer of The Von Haessler Doctrine, on his recent engagement! The VHD show has also begun a Facebook Live version.
WSB TV
Anchor Jovita Moore is recovering from a little bit of brain surgery this month. Doctors say the surgery went well and she is recovering at home.
Lori Wilson shifts to a morning anchor role.
Linda Stouffer shifts off the morning anchor desk to a reporting role for shows later in the day.
Former Sports Director Chuck Dowdle has stepped down as sideline reporter for UGA football.
News from the PR Dept
PRSA Georgia has announced that submissions for the 2021 Phoenix Awards open on June 7. Details: https://www.prsageorgia.org/individual-awards/phoenix-awards/.
Melanie Buckmaster has joined the Goizueta Business School as Director of Communications.
Mary Newton departs AG Rhodes. She's started her own agency, M. Newton Communications. Check her out at www.mnewtoncommunications.com.
Dr. Sherna Phillips joins the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta as VP of Marketing & Communications. She joins from Atlanta Public Schools where she was Communications and Public Engagement Officer.
Hope Beckham has merged with GPR Global. From their release: "Longtime Atlanta journalist and public relations professional Gina Espinosa-Meltzer has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the equity of the late Paul Beckham in Hope-Beckham Inc. and merge her GPR Global into Hope-Beckham. The emerging public relations agency will continue to be called Hope-Beckham." Details: https://tinyurl.com/ye2bfjd2.
Amy Burton Storey has launched a new venture, 'Storey Tellers." We've known her for years as an expert on book publicity, she'sl now making herself \available for one-on-one author consulting. This is much more than publicity — it’s working with a writer on everything within the publishing process — honing a concept and pitch, working with the manuscript, marketing, and even developing an author platform. More at www.storeytellers.com.
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