Andrew Vrees Named WMUR Manchester GM
The assignment to lead Hearst’s ABC affiliate is a homecoming for the Hearst executive who earlier was the station’s news director.
By Mark K. Miller | May 21, 2021 | 8:48 a.m. ET.
Hearst Television executive Andrew Vrees has been appointed president and general manager of the company’s ABC affiliate WMUR Manchester, N.H.
Vrees has been Hearst Television’s vice president, news, since 2016 after serving as news director of the company’s flagship station, WCVB Boston. He succeeds Jeff Bartlett, who will retire this summer and under whom he served for five years as WMUR’s news director.
“I have been struck since my first day on the campaign trail back in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hall press corps specifically,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a two-page letter dated May 19 that was sent to the major news outlets in the city to explain her decision to offer Black and Brown journalists a rare interview opportunity.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision to “exclusively” provide one-on-one interviews to journalists of color ahead of her two-year anniversary set off a firestorm on Twitter, and in the city’s newsrooms.
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CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon win combined 8 regional RTDNA awards
CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon have won a combined eight Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Prairie Region Awards.
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Posted: May 18, 2021 5:04 PM CT | Last Updated: May 18
Theresa Kliem s piece on a 90-year-old woman s flight on a Tiger Moth for her birthday won for excellence in sound.(CBC/Theresa Kliem)
CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon have won a combined eight Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Prairie Region Awards.
The annual awards from the RTDNA recognize excellence in digital, audio and visual journalism.
CBC Saskatchewan won for overall excellence in digital journalism.