ABC Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk Rumors Swirl as WSYR News Director Resigns By Andrew Gauthier on May. 11, 2011 - 5:19 PM James Tortora has resigned as news director at WSYR after more than a decade with the station. The Syracuse ABC-affiliate confirmed Tortora’s departure to The Post-Standard this week, but general manager Theresa Underwood wo ...