View Post ABC Affiliates | NBC Affiliates 2 Milwaukee Stations Stop Live Shots After WDBJ Tragedy By Kevin Eck on Aug. 27, 2015 - 10:42 AM "Our team members know that if they feel unsafe to leave their assignment immediately," said WISN news director Chris Gegg.
View Post ABC Affiliates | CBS Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Trends Weather and Crime: It’s What They’re Watching in Milwaukee By Kevin Eck on Jun. 18, 2014 - 1:57 PM Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TV critic Duane Dudek watched the first 10 minutes of his local stations’ newscasts then broke each down into five categories of what they reported: violent crime, other crime, weather and accident ...
View Post Anchors | FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk Anne State Leaving Milwaukee FOX Affiliate By Kevin Eck on May. 21, 2014 - 3:56 PM Anne State is leaving Milwaukee FOX affiliate WITI. According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel media writer Duane Dudek, news director John LaPorte told WITI staffers State’s last day will be July 30. She’s reportedly hea ...
View Post ShopTalk Does News Director Turnover Hurt a Station’s News? By Kevin Eck on Feb. 26, 2014 - 11:11 AM When WTMJ news director Bill Berra announced he was leaving for WFLA in Tampa, FL, the Milwaukee market lost its longest serving news director. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel media writer Duane Dudek points out the three remaining new ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Former WTMJ Reporter Falls From Grace, Finds New Career By Kevin Eck on Jul. 12, 2013 - 11:30 AM Milwaukee Journal Sentinel media writer Duane Dudek caught up with Rob Koebel, the former WTMJ investigative reporter who left the station last year after getting caught urinating outside an Apple store last year. Dudek found out ...
Reporting | ShopTalk Ex-WTMJ Reporter Rob Koebel: ‘My actions should be held to a higher standard’ By Merrill Knox on Sep. 12, 2012 - 10:21 AM Duane Dudek of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel speaks with Rob Koebel, who recently resigned from WTMJ after a disorderly conduct arrest: “My actions should be held to a higher standard,” the former WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) ...