Placements

Congratulations to Nia Watson as she is promoted from MMJ to Weekend Evening Anchor at KGTV, San Diego. Awesome job, Nia!

Jenyne Donaldson lands a new family and position with Hearst’s WBAL in Baltimore.  She is the new weekend anchor and reporter for the station.  Previously, Jenyne was a Charlotte Correspondent with Black News Channel. Way to go, Jenyne!

Skyler Henry renews his current agreement with CBS Newspath as a Washington D.C.-based Correspondent. Go Skyler!

Congratulations to Meteorologist  Shane Hinton as he is promoted from weekend mornings to Mon-Fri duties at KVUE in Austin! The forecast is looking bright, Shane!

Terell Bailey makes the move from morning anchor at WGXA in Macon to MSJ/anchor at WWJ, the new CBS O&O startup in Detroit! Congratulations, Terell!

From Ohio to Indiana! Congratulations to reporter Kody Fisher who joins WISH in Indianapolis. Most recently he worked at WXIX in Cincinnati.

Eric Harryman renews his current agreement as the primary anchor with KTXL in Sacramento. Congratulations, Eric!

Congratulations to Hunter Sáenz as he joins WSOC in Charlotte as a general assignment reporter. Hunter is a veteran of the Charlotte market, having worked for the past three years at WCNC where he reported and did some fill-in anchoring.

Velena Jones joins the reporter team with NBC Owned KNTV, San Francisco/San Jose as a weekday reporter, where she will cover Oakland and the East Bay. Velena is a native of the Bay Area so this is an exciting homecoming for her.  Welcome home, Velena!

Lesley Marin is promoted to weekend evening anchor from freelance reporter/anchor with KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles.  Congratulations Lesley!

Chris Holmstrom is promoted to weekday morning anchor with KCBS/KCAL Los Angeles, from weekend evening anchor.

Juan Carlos “JC” Navarrete joins WMAQ, Chicago as weekend morning news anchor/reporter. JC previously served as weekend anchor/reporter at KVIA in El Paso.

Congratulations to Rina Nakano who heads home to Los Angeles where she will report for KCBS-KCAL in the station’s Orange County bureau. Rina previously worked at KGTV in San Diego.

Congratulations to Iisha Scott. She joins WMAQ, Chicago as weekend morning meteorologist. Iisha previously worked at WCNC in Charlotte.

Morgan Rynor becomes the political reporter for KXTV in Sacramento. She covers the Capital for both KXTV and KFMB in San Diego. Morgan arrives from WINK in Ft. Myers, where she also covered politics since 2018. Way to go Morgan!

Congratulations to Reggie Wilson as he is named Sports Director at KARE 11 in Minneapolis. Reggie previously served as weekend sports anchor/reporter at WCPO in Cincinnati.

Teresa Sardina moves across the street to KUSI in San Diego (her hometown) as a reporter from KFMB, where she was a freelance reporter.  Congratulations, Teresa! 

Congratulations to Justina Latimer who takes her multimedia skills to WSMV in Nashville! Previously, she was a reporter/multimedia journalist at WTEN in Albany, NY. So proud of you Justina!

Congratulations to Rheya Spigner who is promoted to the 9 pm weekday evening anchor and breaking news anchor on the 5, 6 and 10pm for Hearst’s KCCI TV in Des Moines. Rheya will continue to do special reports with the station and lead their Project Community initiative that focuses on diversity and inclusion relations in the community. Go #TeamHart!

Shannon Royster renews her current agreement with WJCL in Savannah, GA, as the primary co-anchor.

Archith Seshadri becomes the Atlanta Bureau Chief for Nexstar Media. His role is the State Capitol Reporter for 4 stations that represent 45 counties in Georgia (WJBF, WSAV, WRBL and WSPA). Archith brings a wealth of experience with him, including international news coverage in India and his role with CNN/HLN as a producer. 

Courtney Francisco has joined WCPO in Cincinnati as their new senior reporter.  She recently left her duties as the weekend evening anchor and breaking news reporter with WCCB in Charlotte. High-fives to Courtney! 

Norman Seawright III has joined the sports team with WCCO, Minneapolis as their new weekend sportscaster.  Norman recently left WOWK in Charleston/Huntington, WV where he was a sportscaster.

Karli Barnett renews her current agreement as weekend anchor with WFOR in Miami.