The Ticker: Shep, Hemmer, Logan…

> On the six month anniversary of Katrina, FNC’s Shep Smith is hosting Studio B and The Fox Report from Mississippi, Michael Starr notes…

> Scripps Howard: “Today anchor Ann Curry says female reporters have made great strides in recent years, but they still aren’t offered the same opportunities for ‘physically demanding’ stories that men get” (via FTVLive)…

> Gawker: Al Roker doesn’t recognize Bill Hemmer. “I’m Bill Hemmer,” he clarified. “You know, I was on CNN…”

> CBS rising star Lara Logan is reporting a four-part series called “India: Land of Contrasts” on the CBS Evening News this week…

> A month and a half after World News Tonight visited Google’s headquarters, World News Now is launching “a daily report on what the country is searching for on the Internet, powered by information from Google…”