{"id":10563,"date":"2016-02-25T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2016-02-25T16:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T22:18:56","slug":"fox-32-news-director-leaving-for-personal-family-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/02\/25\/fox-32-news-director-leaving-for-personal-family-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox 32 news director leaving for \u2018personal family reasons\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Doerr, who did nothing to improve ratings, reporting or morale as news director at last-place\u00a0WFLD-Channel 32,<\/a> is leaving after three years at the Fox-owned station.<\/p>\n

Doerr cited \u201cpersonal family reasons\u201d for returning to Florida at the end of April.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy time at Fox 32 has been a fantastic experience and that also goes for my entire time with the Fox Television Stations Group,\u201d he said in a statement Thursday. \u201cIt has been a rewarding six-plus years and I will treasure these relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dennis Welsh, vice president and general manager of Fox 32, said Doerr\u2019s delayed departure would give the station time to find a \u201cgreat replacement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considered leading inside candidates for the job are Jill Manuel, assistant news director, and Dan Salamone, executive producer of Fox 32\u2019s \u201cGood Day Chicago\u201d morning show. Both were news directors for competing stations in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank Tom for his leadership over the past three years as we continue to build Fox 32 News and for helping us develop a highly engaged audience,\u201d Welsh said. \u201cWe wish him success and happiness as he returns to the Sunshine State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Doerr, Fox 32 cut its newsgathering ranks substantially, replacing seasoned news anchors and reporters with less experienced, smaller market talents. To his credit, the station boosted its social media presence, amassing more than 565,500 Facebook <\/a>followers and more than 76,000 Twitter <\/a>followers.<\/p>\n

As the station\u2019s fourth news director in four years, Doerr joined Fox 32 in 2013 from KRIV, the Fox-owned station in Houston, where he\u2019d been news director since 2009. A native of Detroit who grew up in Ohio and graduated from the University of Florida, Doerr previously worked at more than a dozen stations around the country and served as a senior strategist for Audience Research and Development, a news consultancy based in Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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