{"id":11584,"date":"2016-06-08T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2016-06-08T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T11:00:09","slug":"robservations-police-hire-robin-robinson-as-special-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/06\/08\/robservations-police-hire-robin-robinson-as-special-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Police hire Robin Robinson as special adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Robin<\/a>

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

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

Veteran Chicago news anchor Robin Robinson<\/strong> has been hired by the Chicago Police Department<\/a> as special adviser to the superintendent for community affairs. Before accepting the position, Robinson stepped down from CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9.<\/a> \u201cWe wish her nothing but great success,\u201d said Ron Gleason,<\/strong> director of news and programming at WBBM Newsradio. \u201cWe both agreed this would be a conflict with covering the news, and she has not been on the air for several weeks.\u201d In announcing Robinson\u2019s appointment, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson<\/strong> said: \u201cUtilizing the trust she has built throughout the city during her career, she will serve as a departmental spokesperson and be responsible for fostering stronger community faith and partnerships in Chicago\u2019s neighborhoods.\u201d Robinson spent 27 years at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>

Michael Ferro<\/p><\/div>\n

Ever since Tribune Publishing<\/a> (soon to be tronc) chairman Michael Ferro<\/strong> announced last March that he had donated his ownership stake in Sun-Times parent company Wrapports<\/a> to charity, he\u2019s been cagey about the recipient of his largesse. \u201cIt is a completely new charitable trust at a very large organization,\u201d was all he'd say.<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s a very big organization.\u201d Now we know: News industry analyst Ken Doctor<\/strong> reported <\/a>that Ferro turned over his Wrapports shares to the California Community Foundation,<\/a> a 100-year-old organization dedicated to \u201cleading positive systemic change to strengthen Los Angeles communities.\u201d A spokesperson for the L.A.-based foundation told Doctor that the group doesn\u2019t comment on donor-contributed funds.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/a>

Jeff Blanzy<\/p><\/div>\n

Jeff Blanzy,<\/strong> a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor for 11 years on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7,<\/a> is about to turn up on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a> He\u2019s one of several familiar faces who\u2019ll be filling in on weekends as long as sports anchor Mike Adamle<\/strong> is out on personal leave,<\/a> according to Frank Whittaker,<\/strong> station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5. (Others include Laurence Holmes, Pat Boyle<\/strong> and Chris Boden<\/strong>.) After leaving ABC 7 in 2009, Blanzy became an analyst for DePaul Blue Demons basketball on CBS Radio sports\/talk WSCR AM 670.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>

John Idler<\/p><\/div>\n

ABC 7 confirmed the news here<\/a> Tuesday that \u201cWindy City Live\u201d<\/a> will be moving to 1 p.m. weekdays and a one-hour local newscast will return to take its place it at 11 a.m., effective June 27. John Idler,<\/strong> president and general manager of ABC 7, said the change marked renewed confidence in \u201cWindy City Live,\u201d adding: \u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of the show and I want to give it the best opportunity to succeed. It will be the only local show at 1 o\u2019clock, so it\u2019s now going to have some running room. And I\u2019m happy to get the news back at 11 because it keeps the engine going in the newsroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Julia<\/a>

Julia Wallace<\/p><\/div>\n

Julia Wallace,<\/strong> who was managing editor of the Sun-Times<\/a> in the \u201990s, announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of the year as vice president of Cox Media Group Ohio,<\/a> where she oversaw the company\u2019s newspaper, television and radio operations. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Wallace previously held top editorial positions at the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Salem Statesman Journal, Arizona Republic and USA Today. Wallace will be teaching a class on political journalism at the University of Dayton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Veteran Chicago news anchor Robin Robinson has been hired by the Chicago Police Department as special adviser to the superintendent for community affairs. Before accepting the position, Robinson stepped down from CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780\/WCFS FM 105.9. \u201cWe wish her nothing but great success,\u201d said Ron Gleason, director... 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\/11584"}],"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=11584"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11593,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11584\/revisions\/11593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}