{"id":10897,"date":"2016-03-25T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10897"},"modified":"2016-03-25T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T11:00:14","slug":"robservations-miamis-liz-nagy-turns-up-at-abc-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/03\/25\/robservations-miamis-liz-nagy-turns-up-at-abc-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Miami\u2019s Liz Nagy reporting for ABC 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Liz<\/a>

<\/a> Liz Nagy<\/p><\/div>\n

Robservations on the media beat:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s another new face coming to ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> Starting Monday as a per-diem reporter is Liz Nagy,<\/strong> just in from WSVN, the Fox affiliate in Miami. Before joining WSVN in 2011, Nagy worked for WEAR, the ABC affiliate in Pensacola, Florida, and WVIR, the NBC affiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia. A Philadelphia native and graduate of Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, she began at WEIU, the PBS station in Charleston, Illinois. Nagy is engaged to John Hendren,<\/strong> Chicago-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Stefan<\/a>

Stefan Holt<\/p><\/div>\n

So long, Stefan: Friday marks Stefan Holt\u2019s<\/strong> last day as morning news anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5. <\/a>As announced last month, he\u2019s leaving<\/a> to become afternoon news anchor at WNBC in New York, where he\u2019ll work near his father, \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Lester Holt.<\/strong> Starting Monday, Alex Maragos<\/strong> will be filling in alongside co-anchor Zoraida Sambolin<\/strong> at NBC 5. As part of its search for a permanent replacement, the station posted a \u201chelp wanted\u201d notice<\/a> that included this requirement: \u201cMust be willing to work in Chicago, IL.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Robin<\/a>

Robin Robinson<\/p><\/div>\n

Robin Robinson,<\/strong> the veteran broadcast journalist whose credits include 27 years as nightly news anchor at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32,<\/a> will turn up on morning television next week. On Wednesday, Robinson will make her first appearance filling in for vacationing Melissa Forman<\/strong> as co-host with Jeanne Sparrow<\/strong> on \u201cYou & Me\u201d<\/a> from 6 to 9 a.m. on Weigel Broadcasting WCIU-Channel 26.<\/a> Robinson most recently has been co-hosting \u201cIn The Loop\u201d on City Colleges of Chicago\u2019s WYCC-Channel 20<\/a> and anchoring at CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jamie<\/a>

Jamie Kalven<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamie Kalven,<\/strong> the independent Chicago journalist who played a key role in exposing the police shooting of Laquan McDonald,<\/strong> has been awarded The Ridenhour Courage Prize<\/a> for 2016. Presented by The Nation Institute and The Fertel Foundation, the highly prestigious honor recognizes individuals \"who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society.\u201d The selection committee cited Kalven, founder of the Invisible Institute,<\/a> for his \u201cfearless reporting and proven human rights advocacy.\u201d Earlier this year Kalven won a George Polk Award for his groundbreaking reporting on McDonald.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/a>

Matt Pais<\/p><\/div>\n

Matt Pais,<\/strong> movie critic and music editor of RedEye Chicago,<\/a> is the latest staffer to exit the daily tabloid published by Chicago Tribune Media Group. Pais resigned Thursday after 11 years at RedEye (and Metromix.com<\/a>), telling readers:<\/a> \u201cI\u2019m moving on because it\u2019s time to do something else that sets a different path for the future.\u201d His departure closely follows news editor Lisa Donovan,<\/strong> who moved to the Chicago Tribune<\/a> metro desk. Maggie Wartik,<\/strong> general manager of RedEye, said no replacements have been named, but she promised an update soon.<\/p>\n

\"Rick<\/a>

Rick Joyce<\/p><\/div>\n

Rick Joyce,<\/strong> the former Chicago media executive who launched CelebTV.com<\/a> for Chicago-based Intersport, is about to be named co-executive producer of \u201cEntertainment Tonight,\u201d<\/a> the longest-running entertainment news program on television. He most recently has been executive producer of \u201cThe List,\u201d a nationally syndicated newsmagazine. It\u2019s a return to \u201cET\u201d for Joyce, who previously served as news director for the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: There\u2019s another new face coming to ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Starting Monday as a per-diem reporter is Liz Nagy, just in from WSVN, the Fox affiliate in Miami. Before joining WSVN in 2011, Nagy worked for WEAR, the ABC affiliate in Pensacola, Florida, and WVIR, the NBC affiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia.... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10905,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897\/revisions\/10905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}