WKYT Reporter To Graduate Move To Indianapolis

[Paper Trail]

Emily Gimmel in action (http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061124/VIDEO03/61123023/1010/FEATURES)

Gimmel's 'can do' attitude pays off

By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

Most college graduates wield their diplomas as tangible symbols of achievement and proof that the best is yet to come.

When Emily Gimmel earns hers next month from the University of Kentucky, she'll breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm on the homestretch right now," Gimmel said.

For the past four years, the Sacred Heart Academy grad has juggled school with a full-time job as the live morning reporter for Lexington's CBS affiliate, WKYT-TV. In 2004, Gimmel began a freelance job with the cable sports/racing channel Speed, which took her all around the country on weekends.

If everything goes as planned, the 22-year-old will walk away with a bachelor of arts in journalism. She'll also be settled into her new position as a features reporter for WRTV-TV, a top-rated ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, America's 25th-largest market.

Sure, "it's kind of scary," Gimmel admitted, "but it's very exciting."

The new gig also will offer a bit of reprieve.

"Finally, I'll be able to focus solely on my career," said Gimmel, who recently underwent a bit of an image revamping and emerged a darker blonde with a chic shorter cut to reflect a more mature persona.

The change is fitting considering what Gimmel said she's learned this year.

On Jan. 15, Gimmel was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Lexington after she blew a blood alcohol level of 0.195 about 90 minutes after she was stopped for allegedly swerving into a median. It's illegal in Kentucky to drive with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher.

Gimmel pleaded guilty to the charge, paid a "hefty fine," and her license was suspended for 45 days.

"It was a personal mistake," said Gimmel, who -- because of her high-profile position with WKYT -- took her lumps publicly, instead of covertly, like so many other college students.

The incident was "a really big learning experience," she said.

Her mother, Angie Gimmel, is proud of how her daughter dealt with it.

"She's grown from that experience," Angie Gimmel said.

Angie Gimmel, who was a reporter for several Kentucky radio stations and a correspondent for the Lexington Herald-Leader, is particularly proud of her daughter's tenacity in all areas of her life.

"Most people approach things as if 'there's no way I can do this.' Emily always approached things with 'how can I make things work,' " Angie Gimmel said.

Emily Gimmel also is not one to miss out on an opportunity, particularly when it's staring her in the face in the form of "Desperate Housewives" hottie James Denton.

The actor was Gimmel's first interview at WRTV, which parlayed into dinner with Denton and five of his friends.

"I wouldn't have felt right turning them down," Emily said, only half joking when she said the meal offered insight she might not otherwise have gained.

"I'm not particularly surprised," chuckled her father, Rich Gimmel, a former TV and radio reporter who, after rising to managing editor for WAVE news, turned down jobs at CNN and ABC to raise Emily and brother Richie, with wife Angie Gimmel in Louisville.

"Emily always had a penchant, I think, for finding the best possible situation and taking advantage of it," Rich Gimmel said.

"She connects very easily with people -- much, much better than I did. She's almost automatic in connecting with people and building relationships," he said.

Emily Gimmel said she'll remain "loyal to her soil" and plans to continue co-hosting "Louisville Live!" -- a weekly music show that airs on CW Louisville at 10:30 p.m. Saturdays (Insight channel 7) -- with Mark Maxwell, owner of Mom's Music, as long as the station will have her.

With her diploma just about under her belt and the new job going swimmingly, the future looks bright.

"I'm doing what I love. I enjoy what I do," Gimmel said. "I'm at this stage where anything is possible."

Reporter Angie Fenton can be reached at (502) 582-7143.

[ November 24, 2006, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: Paper Trail ]

[Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh]

Very classy girl. Tons of journalistic talent. Obviously well-liked, by her extensive celebrity photo gallery on her website. None compares to this one. Any News Director would be lucky to have her on staff. She will single-handedly re-write the definition of "journalist" in this country, I have no doubt.

Truly, the future of news.

[LMS]

Jealous much?

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh:
She will single-handedly re-write the definition of "journalist" in this country, I have no doubt.

Truly, the future of news.Unfortunately, I think this might be very true.

Edited to add: I'm not being mean - just concerned about the continually blurred line between journalism and entertainment. I was a GA reporter at first. At that time I was a journalist. Now, like Emily, I am a features reporter - but not an in-depth features reporter like the journalists on 60 minutes - I'm a glorified entertainment news bunny. I bounce around and smile and talk about celebrities and shoes and poodle fashion. I love what I do! It's really fun and entertaining and I try to do everything in a fresh and intelligent way so I'm not insulting the audience. BUT - I don't go around pretending to be Walter Cronkite. Emily should not either. That's my 2 cents.

[ November 24, 2006, 09:39 AM: Message edited by: Meow Meow ]

[Roy Hobbs]

Originally posted by LMS:
Jealous much?I'd say disgusted pretty much covers it.

And to think when I was 22 half our top 100 newsroom got fired for refusing to sign contracts where our only out clause was going to a top 25 market. Guess which one that one was, and guess how close we were, and guess who had contacts there at the time. We thought that clause was too restrictive and unrealistic, based on professional standards.

But she's paid her dues and breathalyzed her brews.

Strike the pose.

Cue the music bed under the website model shots.

Somebody get me some Maalox.

http://www.emilygimmel.com/news/20021223_1.jpg

And pray tell what is the background of the stellar individual that made this hiring "decision."?

[Shot A Load]

I feel for the people who will have to work with her. I didn't see any news on that little montage and it appears she may be in love with herself.

[Chief]

Oh come on, she's got four years of experience as a feature reporter. That is paying your dues.

If you don't like soft features, then you're not the audience. Shopping features and dog stories are a reality and there's nothing wrong with them as long as they remain a small part of what tv news does. And if she does them well, more power to her.

One of our greatest social commentators, Ict-T said it best, people. Don't hate the player. Hate the game.

[Charlie Brown]

In a related story, life is not in fact fair.

[Produce man]

Watch out, Katie! Another airhead has got her claws out for you!

I'm waiting for her spread in Maxim with a stick-mic in her mouth.

[Poo(h)]

Am I wrong, or did she get nailed for drunk driving in Lexington some years back?

If that's the case, such an event might have ended other careers. But not hers.

Meaning...maybe she's "making it some other way."

Hm.

[Spx Guy]

As opposed to many others...it sounds like she's already cutting her teeth. She's going about things a way that should be respected. She's getting a job based on her hard work.

[ November 24, 2006, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: Spx Guy ]

[Another side]

I thought she was great. Indy will benefit from that choice.

[SpxGrunt]

Originally posted by Santa Took A Poo:
Am I wrong, or did she get nailed for drunk driving in Lexington some years back?

If that's the case, such an event might have ended other careers. But not hers.

Meaning...maybe she's "making it some other way."

Hm.Yes. It's in the article above.

[Moderate]

Not my cup of tea at all -- and her "retrospective" made me question Indy's hire. Good for her though -- I would just tell her what I tell everyone -- don't be in a hurry to peak, becuase there's no where to go but down. Just ask Jodi Applegate -- or maybe Ashleigh Banfield -- or any of the number of pretty gals who made it high fast, then dropped back down to reality. Just a thought.

[SpxGrunt]

Just like Uncle Walter's page (http://www.emilygimmel.com/)

[Buck T. Trend]

She's just like Gray Television wants them... cheap, young, and blonde. There's a reason Gray only buys stations in college towns.

[Meow Meow]

Don't be bitter! I think it is great she got a job in a major market. I just cringe when she is called a journalist.I mean, really! She's an entertainment reporter - and a pretty good one. Nothing wrong with that. She will probably end up an MTV Veejay or in the E! Channel. That's a pretty cool.

PS - Produce Man - what do you NOT like about hot chicks posing in Maxim?

[ November 24, 2006, 10:09 PM: Message edited by: Meow Meow ]

[Pro]

Originally posted by Meow Meow:
It's really fun and entertaining and I try to do everything in a fresh and intelligent way so I'm not insulting the audience. BUT - I don't go around pretending to be Walter Cronkite. Emily should not either. That's my 2 cents.If your audience likes what you do, that's all that really matters.

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Pro:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
It's really fun and entertaining and I try to do everything in a fresh and intelligent way so I'm not insulting the audience. BUT - I don't go around pretending to be Walter Cronkite. Emily should not either. That's my 2 cents.If your audience likes what you do, that's all that really matters.</font>[/QUOTE]I totally agree. I guess this hits home a little because I get chided for veering towards the entertainment side of news. I felt like I received respect as a GA Reporter, but the second I started with the fun stuff, some people in the industry treated me differently. I totally have been on the receiving end of the blond comments and the jokes about going over to the dark side. That being said, I also don't act like I am a hard hitting journalist anymore. I know what I am. I love it and I'm proud of it!

I'll also add: I resent that it's been suggested that she only got ahead because of sexual favors. Please. That's just rude.

PS - Roy Hobbs - What is wrong with "the music bed under the website model shots?" Now you are NEVER getting an update. tongue.gif

[imported_Mr. Vengeance]

Give the people what they want!

How many times have you picked up the newspaper and go straight to the sports page...or brought up the paper's website and clicked immediately on the weather forecast? Emily and WRTV are following a long-honored journalistic tradition by making features a part of the show. There's more than enough hard news to go around. Right?

[Michigan J. Frog]

Originally posted by Chief:
One of our greatest social commentators, Ict-T said it best, people. Don't hate the player. Hate the game.All that does is excuse the player for not having the cajones to say, "No, I won't play that game. It's wrong."

[ November 25, 2006, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Michigan J. Frog ]

[Roy Hobbs]

And speaking of not pretending to be Walter Cronkite...there's feature stories and then there's acting like an idiot on camera. Nothing new there...and certainly not gender or age based.

Frank Mathie at WLS-TV and others in Chicago were making names for themselves almost 30 years ago acting like jackasses on camera. Now every market has a morning court jester and WGN-TV spreads its morning mirth across the country then fills CLTV with a half hour everyday of "The Best of the WGN Morning News" a.k.a. reporters AND anchors acting like jackasses.

Emily's farewell piece showcases her dressed up as a giant whoopie cushion, wearing fake fangs and talking with a two-toned mask on her face.
Sorry, but I'd rather get to the majors with a CBS Sunday Morning-style feature.

Walter, any last thoughts?

http://gratefuldread.net/archives/cronkite.jpg

"Madam,this IS Walter Cronkite and you're a go#%amned idiot!" Nov. 22., 1963

[Fake Post]

Why should anyone be surprised?

Amanda Congdon is making her journalistic mark on ABC News at the ripe old age of 25.

Her claim to fame was as host to a video news website called www.rocketboom.com. (http://www.rocketboom.com.)

My response to Emily is "Why aren't you at a network already? As the network suits will tell you..."Youth = bucks."

[RollTide98]

Since when is WRTV "a top-rated ABC affiliate?"

[Spike]

Originally posted by RollTide98:
Since when is WRTV "a top-rated ABC affiliate?"I'd bet it's in the top ten in that market.

[Journalista221]

Does anyone think that her parent's history has anything to do with this? I'm not knocking her talent or ability...but I do have to wonder? She worked in Lexington as a reporter for four years during college? Does that mean she got that job when she was 18, and right out of high school? How could anyone pull that job without having some sort of "in"???

[Another side]

Why would it matter? Why do you "have to wonder"? People have connections, sometimes. That's the way of the world and has nothing to do with you or me.

Based on what I saw on the link, the lady has used her opportunity well and turned herself in to a feature reporter that causes audiences to (a) watch and (b) smile. I know I smiled through the whole thing.

If you "have to wonder" about something, wonder about how she did it, what changes she made in her on-screen persona, what limits she may have set as to what she would do and not do, and why. Wonder about something that will make YOU better ... not whether she had daddy's help four years ago.

[Roy Hobbs]

I'll stick with wondering about the future of our business in light of this.

Actually, not much to wonder about. She'll be in Chicago in two years, beating out all us pathetic non-wonderers.

Don't forget to pack the whoopie cushion. That'll be a laff riot on the set when you start weekend or morning anchoring.

[Chief]

I'll wonder why so many talented people would use this young woman and her success as an excuse for their own lack of success.

Television news has ALWAYS rewarded good looks, a confident presentation and a winning smile.

This is nothing new. And it's nothing to get upset about.

[Pinkie]

Originally posted by Journalista221:
Does anyone think that her parent's history has anything to do with this? I'm not knocking her talent or ability...but I do have to wonder? She worked in Lexington as a reporter for four years during college? Does that mean she got that job when she was 18, and right out of high school? How could anyone pull that job without having some sort of "in"???That has to be it. No disrespect to her or her ability; I didn't watch her tape. However, when I was 18 years old, I was living in a dorm, eating cafeteria food and in introductory j-school classes, I wasn't reporting in market 63. More power to her for taking advantage of opportunities because I definitely wasn't given those options my freshman year of college!

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Roy Hobbs:
She'll be in Chicago in two years, beating out all us pathetic non-wonderers.Now THAT would be surprising. I think she will be national by the end of her Indy contract or else something went terribly wrong. It might be on *gasp* cable, but she will not be a local gal for much longer. Good for her!

[Roy Hobbs]

...and bad for us.

Now that the bar has been lowered from Market 39 to Market 25 for college graduates being hired as "reporters", what's next?

The entire industry is being turned into a starter market for "all about me" journalism.

Look at me be silly.

Look at me be cute.

Look at me be sassy.

Look at us throw up.

How low...can you go?!

The Bimbo Rock*

* to the tune of Limbo Rock

Can you do the Bimbo Rock? graemlins/icon_kidra.gif
Charlie Brown's in money hock.

Do you want a blonde young girl?
Give her DUI a whirl..

Jack be nimble
Jack be quick
Jason's just hired a silly chick

Your rep is now in sand that's quick
As dues-payers feel quite sick!

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[Consider This]

Good for her. I watched the clip and, while I don't go for that kind of "reporting," she does it well. She's extremely easy to look at and she has tons of camera presence. She has the elusive "it." The sad truth about this profession is that on-camera skills are not always acquired on merit. Some people have "it" nearly from the start while others can work for years and never get "it." It's not fair and that frustrates a lot of people.

Not me. I don't blame her for the lackings of my own talent. It's also not her fault that cute blonde young females are the most valued humans in this country. Look what happens every time one disappears.

I do not worry about the future of TV news. Perhaps because I'm a 40-ish male and I'm not in the target demographic. Some people don't understand that your local TV newscast is just another reality-based program designed to hock product. Stations don't hire reporters; they cast for performers, many of whom don't write any more of their own lines than actors on other shows do. (I think the Daily Show has such credibility because it is upfront about its phoniness.)

Don't hate Emily Gimmel. She didn't create the role she's playing and at least she's decent at it. It's the people -- both male and female of varying levels of attractiveness -- who somehow got into TV but don't belong on TV who burn my hide. If you can't look and sound good reading a sentence, you ought at least to be able to write one. It's the too common hiring of those who can't do either that mystifies me.

[Fake Post]

Originally posted by Consider This:
Good for her. I watched the clip and, while I don't go for that kind of "reporting," she does it well. She's extremely easy to look at and she has tons of camera presence. She has the elusive "it." The sad truth about this profession is that on-camera skills are not always acquired on merit. Some people have "it" nearly from the start while others can work for years and never get "it." It's not fair and that frustrates a lot of people.

Not me. I don't blame her for the lackings of my own talent. It's also not her fault that cute blonde young females are the most valued humans in this country. Look what happens every time one disappears.

I do not worry about the future of TV news. Perhaps because I'm a 40-ish male and I'm not in the target demographic. Some people don't understand that your local TV newscast is just another reality-based program designed to hock product. Stations don't hire reporters; they cast for performers, many of whom don't write any more of their own lines than actors on other shows do. (I think the Daily Show has such credibility because it is upfront about its phoniness.)

Don't hate Emily Gimmel. She didn't create the role she's playing and at least she's decent at it. It's the people -- both male and female of varying levels of attractiveness -- who somehow got into TV but don't belong on TV who burn my hide. If you can't look and sound good reading a sentence, you ought at least to be able to write one. It's the too common hiring of those who can't do either that mystifies me.Perhaps what you say is true. However, why does management hide behind the "true journalist" moniker when talking to people about making it in this business? And if we're talking about it, then why don't news directors start recruiting at beauty pageants and strip clubs?

Why not just be open and say...If she makes my paints rise, pay her the big prize.

[NotImpressed]

Good for her. She is attractive and has a good personality. If you are upset that she got a better job, you clearly need to look in the mirror.

[Shot A Load]

I like the hiring from strip clubs idea.

[Produce man]

Originally posted by Meow Meow:
Don't be bitter! I think it is great she got a job in a major market. I just cringe when she is called a journalist.I mean, really! She's an entertainment reporter - and a pretty good one. Nothing wrong with that. She will probably end up an MTV Veejay or in the E! Channel. That's a pretty cool.

PS - Produce Man - what do you NOT like about hot chicks posing in Maxim?The part where they do the spread at the same they pass themselves off as journalists.

[rootboyslim]

I don't know about you all, but I did not give up my college life for a job. This girl did. So to say it was handed to her is a bit of a misnomer. She got up at 3 a.m. or earlier every day to report during the morning show, correct? Good for her.

[Consider This]

Originally posted by Fake Post:


Perhaps what you say is true. However, why does management hide behind the "true journalist" moniker when talking to people about making it in this business? And if we're talking about it, then why don't news directors start recruiting at beauty pageants and strip clubs?

I never hear management types talking about true journalists. I hear them talking about ratings.

And funny you should mention pageants. A few years ago, one of the stations in Miss Gimmel's soon-to-be former market had two former Miss Kentucky winners working as anchors. One was quite good, actually.

[NotImpressed]

This may come as a shock: viewers tend to watch attractive people more.

As a consultant once told me: "If I want to see someone ugly, I can look in a mirror. Show me someone attractive."

Welcome to reality.

[Purplehaze]

Originally posted by NotImpressed:
This may come as a shock: viewers tend to watch attractive people more.

As a consultant once told me: "If I want to see someone ugly, I can look in a mirror. Show me someone attractive."

Welcome to reality.I'd tend to agree, but how do you explain Katie Couric? Not hot by any means, just above average in my view.

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Produce man:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
Don't be bitter! I think it is great she got a job in a major market. I just cringe when she is called a journalist.I mean, really! She's an entertainment reporter - and a pretty good one. Nothing wrong with that. She will probably end up an MTV Veejay or in the E! Channel. That's a pretty cool.

PS - Produce Man - what do you NOT like about hot chicks posing in Maxim?The part where they do the spread at the same they pass themselves off as journalists.</font>[/QUOTE]So she (or I) can't be a journalist and also be in Maxim? Why must the two mutually exclusive?

[Roy Hobbs]

FHM Meow. graemlins/eusa_whistle.gif

[Another side]

Originally posted by NotImpressed:
This may come as a shock: viewers tend to watch attractive people more.

As a consultant once told me: "If I want to see someone ugly, I can look in a mirror. Show me someone attractive."

Welcome to reality.Another pearl of wisdom from a consultant still failing in his/her effort to attract 25-year-old eyes.

As if they're not watching now only because the anchors/reporters aren't pretty/handsome enough.

[ November 28, 2006, 01:31 AM: Message edited by: Another side ]

[Roy Hobbs]

Originally posted by Purplehaze:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by NotImpressed:
This may come as a shock: viewers tend to watch attractive people more.

As a consultant once told me: "If I want to see someone ugly, I can look in a mirror. Show me someone attractive."

Welcome to reality.I'd tend to agree, but how do you explain Katie Couric? Not hot by any means, just above average in my view.</font>[/QUOTE]In person, mui caliente. And also quite charming.

[insiderknowing]

DUI.
"All about me"....ME ME ME ME ME
She doesn't serve the story, she just serves herself.
She's probably hired a publicist, she's so desperate for attention.
Witness her cheesecake photos and bimbo website.

let's not promote girls like this who
wouldn't know NPPA storytelling or good writing
if it hit them over the head.

I LOATHE Emily Gimmel--she represents EVERYTHING
wrong with our profession today.
But hey, she's a great poster child for drunken driving!

[cinehead]

Originally posted by insiderknowing:
DUI.
"All about me"....ME ME ME ME ME
She doesn't serve the story, she just serves herself.
She's probably hired a publicist, she's so desperate for attention.
Witness her cheesecake photos and bimbo website.

let's not promote girls like this who
wouldn't know NPPA storytelling or good writing
if it hit them over the head.

I LOATHE Emily Gimmel--she represents EVERYTHING
wrong with our profession today.
But hey, she's a great poster child for drunken driving!Jealous much?

[Roy Hobbs]

Publicist. Hmmmm.

No...you can only see that when you keep hearing the same message, or "talking point," as PR pros say, coming from several different people over and over without responding to other questions or points brought up.

Like the talking point of "hard working," for example.

Oh. On second thought...

[insiderknowing]

Cinehead, no..I'm not. My career has taken me well into the top 3 so I'm good to go...but I don't like seeing idiots like her coming up the ladder behind me because they don't belong up here...
I hope we chew her up and spit her out here in Chicago if she ever gets here..Our veteran reporters have little girls like her for lunch....

[Roy Hobbs]

...and that's how you get Capone."

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/681/681821/untouchables-cast_1137616950-000.jpg

[insiderknowing]

I love it Roy!!!!

She probably DOES have a publicist because she it's clear, from the LONG and drivvly newspaper articles about her in the Louisville Courier etc...that someone is actively pitching stories about her to the media.

Emily may be a good little marketer but that's all she is. There's absolutely no substance to back up any of the press. She IS the story---She wants to be on tv just to be on tv and get stopped at the mall...it's pathetic.

[Meow Meow]

What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart. If you want to compete in the entertainment reporting biz you need talent, hard work, connections, good looks, AND once you get to a certain level, it is essential to have an agent, publicist and a website. Stop being so spiteful.

She is just responding to what the INDUSTRY demands. Good for her for thinking BIG and being smart enough to know how to succeed in this rough industry. This is NOT the old world of journalism, this is 2006 - her competition is Brooke Burke, a bunch of Miss USA's and all MTV VJ's - NOT Barbara Walters anymore. If she was a GA reporter or a news anchor it might be a little over the top to hire a PR person, but she is an entertainment reporter - not even a features reporter (please god stop calling her that) so she should be promoting herself accordingly!

[insiderknowing]

I know Roy--it's terrible! When Chicago news directors aren't busy plugging the holes in the schedules with no-benefits per diems at some schlocky day rate, they're now hiring cheapo greenies out of crap markets like El Paso.

It's really sad how downhill Chicago broadcasting has gone....Great stations like WMAQ 670 and talents like Richard Strong, David Jennings, Steve Scott, Dick Biondi, Walter Jacobson all phased out by cutbacks and cheapened budgets. Bill Kurtis had the right idea when he ran screaming out of local news and into his own production company.
Chicago ain't what it used to be...Thank god we still have folks like Andy Shaw are still sticking around to give us decent coverage.

[Charlie Brown]

define "young" in reference to Chicago area reporters.

I haven't noticed that trend at all....nobody my age is heading to Chicago, that's for sure. Most of those reporters are at least in their 30s.

[Another side]

Originally posted by insiderknowing:
DUI.
"All about me"....ME ME ME ME ME
She doesn't serve the story, she just serves herself.
She's probably hired a publicist, she's so desperate for attention.
Witness her cheesecake photos and bimbo website.

let's not promote girls like this who
wouldn't know NPPA storytelling or good writing
if it hit them over the head.

I LOATHE Emily Gimmel--she represents EVERYTHING
wrong with our profession today.
But hey, she's a great poster child for drunken driving!Either there's a whole lot more to this story, or you need counseling. Or both. You don't speak about someone with that sort of venom in your voice unless there's been some sort of personal involvement ...or imagined personal involvement.

If I'm her father, I'm printing out a copy of every one of your posts.

[Roy Hobbs]

Originally posted by Charlie Brown:
define "young" in reference to Chicago area reporters.

I haven't noticed that trend at all....nobody my age is heading to Chicago, that's for sure. Most of those reporters are at least in their 30s.Fox 32 and NBC 5 have hired several 25 year olds in the past year, for starters.

Hey Charlie, you're missing your Christimas special on ABC right now!!!

[notwatchingyourchannel]

It's taken her four years to finish two news stories. Her legacy shall be producers reminding the people she would visit on her live shots to make sure she doesn't take her clothes off; her inability to let her "guests" be the focus of the shot and her constant need to open 3/4 to the camera so her boobs show. Perhaps working at the "Top Rated" Indy ABC affilliate will be like working for the "Top Rated" Morning Show she left.

[Spike]

Originally posted by Another side:
Either there's a whole lot more to this story, or you need counseling. Or both. You don't speak about someone with that sort of venom in your voice unless there's been some sort of personal involvement ...or imagined personal involvement.

If I'm her father, I'm printing out a copy of every one of your posts.I think you could apply your observations equally to yourself. You've made multiple reference putting yourself in her father's shoes. Either you ARE her father, or you have some kind of peculiar desire to BE her father. Maybe her actual father should print out YOUR posts, in case you decide to try to go play daddy with her.

[Another side]

*laughing*

I raised five kids. That's enough fatherin' for one lifetime.

[Michigan J. Frog]

Originally posted by Meow Meow:
What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart.Journalists don't need publicists.

But, based on your posts here, I don't think you're all that concerned about being a journalist. You appear to be more interested in your career as a "TV Personality."

[Mr. Rugen]

Originally posted by Michigan J. Frog:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart.Journalists don't need publicists.

But, based on your posts here, I don't think you're all that concerned about being a journalist. You appear to be more interested in your career as a "TV Personality."</font>[/QUOTE]How many TV reporters are really journalists?

I see very little journalism going on during the 10 O'clock news.

[Michigan J. Frog]

Originally posted by Count Rugen But w/Christmas:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michigan J. Frog:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart.Journalists don't need publicists.

But, based on your posts here, I don't think you're all that concerned about being a journalist. You appear to be more interested in your career as a "TV Personality."</font>[/QUOTE]How many TV reporters are really journalists?

I see very little journalism going on during the 10 O'clock news.</font>[/QUOTE]It doesn't help to give in to the trend. I'd still rather see journalists report the news. That way, you also avoid the "Who tells their interview subjects what to say?" type questions, too.

[Mr. Rugen]

Originally posted by Michigan J. Frog:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Count Rugen But w/Christmas:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michigan J. Frog:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart.Journalists don't need publicists.

But, based on your posts here, I don't think you're all that concerned about being a journalist. You appear to be more interested in your career as a "TV Personality."</font>[/QUOTE]How many TV reporters are really journalists?

I see very little journalism going on during the 10 O'clock news.</font>[/QUOTE]It doesn't help to give in to the trend. I'd still rather see journalists report the news. That way, you also avoid the "Who tells their interview subjects what to say?" type questions, too.</font>[/QUOTE]Tru dat.

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Michigan J. Frog:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Meow Meow:
What's wrong with hiring a publicist??? I just hired one too. She is being smart.Journalists don't need publicists.

But, based on your posts here, I don't think you're all that concerned about being a journalist. You appear to be more interested in your career as a "TV Personality."</font>[/QUOTE]You are correct, sir. I make no attempt to hide this fact.

I was a journalist, now I'm not. I am an entertainer with a journalism background. I hope Emily will stop pretending to be a journalist and just embrace her true nature - publicist and all.

Those of us who are interested in being a tv personality or entertainer need to recognize the difference so we don't make a mockery of news and actual journalism!!!

[Another side]

Well, OK ... but that brings up a question. Are the sportscasters journalists?

I guess I disagree with you. I think you ARE a journalist, specializing in entertainment. You went to school, studied, received SOME practical training, and then looked at the options available to "journalists" and chose entertainment (or "hosting" or whatever you choose to call it.)

There are sports people all over this land, who started in news and moved to sports. They can write as well as anyone in the newsroom, attract sources as well as anyone on newsside, and they know a story -- and a line of crap -- when they hear it.

Hell, the best "journalist" where I last worked was a fully trained and certified weatherman before he came to us.

I think you're selling yourself short. Just because yu no longer do traditional "news" doesn't mean you surrender being a "journalist." You've just found your specialty.

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Another side:
Well, OK ... but that brings up a question. Are the sportscasters journalists?

I guess I disagree with you. I think you ARE a journalist, specializing in entertainment. You went to school, studied, received SOME practical training, and then looked at the options available to "journalists" and chose entertainment (or "hosting" or whatever you choose to call it.)

There are sports people all over this land, who started in news and moved to sports. They can write as well as anyone in the newsroom, attract sources as well as anyone on newsside, and they know a story -- and a line of crap -- when they hear it.

Hell, the best "journalist" where I last worked was a fully trained and certified weatherman before he came to us.

I think you're selling yourself short. Just because yu no longer do traditional "news" doesn't mean you surrender being a "journalist." You've just found your specialty.Well - I think I WAS a journalist who specialized in entertainment. That was before. That was when I enterprised my stories, researched, conducted sincere interviews (no leading/coaching from me or PR people to feed lines to subjects) and most importantly, I did not include any outside influence or bias in my reporting. Now I am guilty of all of the above as a tv "personality."

I still do report on a part time basis for a local shop. When I do feature/entertainment stories for the news I put on my journalist cap and stop the shenanigans mentioned above. It's a slippery slope.

[Meow Meow]

Originally posted by Another side:
Well, OK ... but that brings up a question. Are the sportscasters journalists?

I guess I disagree with you. I think you ARE a journalist, specializing in entertainment. You went to school, studied, received SOME practical training, and then looked at the options available to "journalists" and chose entertainment (or "hosting" or whatever you choose to call it.)

There are sports people all over this land, who started in news and moved to sports. They can write as well as anyone in the newsroom, attract sources as well as anyone on newsside, and they know a story -- and a line of crap -- when they hear it.

Hell, the best "journalist" where I last worked was a fully trained and certified weatherman before he came to us.

I think you're selling yourself short. Just because yu no longer do traditional "news" doesn't mean you surrender being a "journalist." You've just found your specialty.By the way - I totally agree with you. I guess it just depends on how you handle your sports or entertainment position. Some sports/entertainment reporters are real reporters - others are personalities. I suppose some are both.

[Another side]

Yeah, I see your point. I wasn't thinking TV personality ... I was thinking enertainment reporter.

Could you be called,then, a "journonality?"

[rootboyslim]

There are some really mean people on here. There are people who have implied a lot of things that are nothing short of malicious. It's kind of sad, really.

Emily doesn't bother me at all, and nearly as much as the competition who once pulled the plug on the live truck 15 seconds before my live shot on a story I had beaten them about the head with; nor the reporter who snatched a photo of an escaped inmate from a fellow reporter's hand as they were sending the image back to the station for graphics and then refused to give it back until after her live shot. Those people need to leave the business.

[SpxGrunt]

Originally posted by Terps Playing in Crap Bowl:
There are some really mean people on here. There are people who have implied a lot of things that are nothing short of malicious. It's kind of sad, really.

Emily doesn't bother me at all, and nearly as much as the competition who once pulled the plug on the live truck 15 seconds before my live shot on a story I had beaten them about the head with; nor the reporter who snatched a photo of an escaped inmate from a fellow reporter's hand as they were sending the image back to the station for graphics and then refused to give it back until after her live shot. Those people need to leave the business.Those people don't need to leave the business. They need a good ass kicking.

[Roy Hobbs]

If memory serves me Festus and Ruth the Mule made the jump to WISH-TV in Indianapolis.

http://comp.uark.edu/~tsnyder/gunsmoke/images/ruth4.jpg

[tralala]

Ummm, not to be a jerk, but am I the only one here who doesn't think she's that attractive? I have no real opinion on how successful she deserves to be at her age because it seems obvious the station is purposefully showcasing a stereotype of blond silliness. But on the E Channel in a couple years?! Face is okay, body okay, but certainly not Maxim or FHM material. In parts of her clips that white hair and tan make her look like she's closing in on 40. Certainly not in Ashleigh Banfield's league. -K, that's enough cattiness for me today...

[CleanBreeze]

I wouldn't hire her to do hard news, but for the fun feature stories she looked like she was fun to watch. Which is what you want in a feature/entertainment reporter. She was involved, dressed up for stories, funny, and cute. It's a morning show. People aren't looking for Dan Rather in the mornings. They want the news and some humor while they have coffee and a bagel.

[SpxGrunt]

Originally posted by wxwife:
Ummm, not to be a jerk, but am I the only one here who doesn't think she's that attractive? Yes. ;)