Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending May 10

By Kevin Eck 

Happy Friday to all who celebrate, In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t get to for one reason or another we see that a veteran New York anchor is signing off, while a respected former CBS Denver journalist has died at the age of 74.

San Diego anchor Sandra Maas sued KUSI nearly five years ago in a milestone pay-equity case. Fourteen months ago, after a four-week trial, a San Diego jury ordered her former employer to pay Maas $1.78 million. On Friday, Maas and her attorney Josh Gruenberg finally got their money.  Click here to read about it.

The WCCO news team will welcome Maria Lisignoli as streaming anchor and reporter to the Minneapolis CBS station.  Click here for more.

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A new Pew Research Center survey of more than 5,000 adults, released Tuesday, finds that a fact-free 63% think local news providers are doing very well or somewhat well financially. Click here to read what the survey has to say.

In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Jaclyn House is now the new morning anchor at KNWA with Perry Elyaderani. Click here to read about it.

Longtime NY1 anchor Lewis Dodley announced Monday his legendary career in front of the news camera will come to a close at the end of this month. Click here for the story.

Veteran CBS News Colorado reporter Rick Sallinger (pictured) died on Wednesday night. His death was due to natural causes. He was 74. Click here to read the story.

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