{"id":1422,"date":"2013-11-27T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2013-11-27T05:38:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:38:38","slug":"robinson-not-done-telling-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/11\/27\/robinson-not-done-telling-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinson \u2018not done telling stories\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Robin Robinson<\/p><\/div>\n

With the elegance and class that have been her trademarks, Robin Robinson signed off Tuesday night after 26 years as principal news anchor at WFLD-Channel 32.<\/p>\n

But she left no doubt that it wasn\u2019t her decision to leave the anchor desk: \u201cThis is what I wanted to do, where I wanted to be,\u201d she told viewers.<\/p>\n

At least until a better job comes along, Robinson, 56, will deliver \"Chicago at the Tipping Point\" special reports for the Fox-owned station. Morning news anchor Dawn Hasbrouck will succeed her on the 9 p.m. newscast alongside co-anchor Jeff Herndon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is it,\u201d Robinson said in her closing remarks. \u201cThis is a little bit hard. From the very first story I reported on a television newscast I thought \u2014 I knew \u2014 this is what I wanted to do, where I wanted to be: Right here in this chair. Now I\u2019m leaving \u2018the chair\u2019 after nearly 30 years here at one station with the smartest, most engaged audience anywhere, some of the best colleagues in what I consider not just a business but a service. Not making news but making it matter to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news for me, and I hope for you, is that I\u2019m not done telling stories. I just won\u2019t be sitting in this chair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turning to co-anchor Herndon, she said: \u201cJeff, it\u2019s been great getting to know you. And you have that rock solid work ethic that Chicago really appreciates. I know you have a great ride ahead of you. I\u2019ll try not to be too big of a back-seat driver. That might be hard, but . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chicago native and veteran journalist has been at Fox 32 since its news operation launched in August 1987. Her record run paired her with co-anchors Kris Long, Walter Jacobson, Mark Suppelsa, Jeff Goldblatt, Bob Sirott and Herndon. Before that, Robinson worked three years as a reporter and weekend anchor at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the elegance and class that have been her trademarks, Robin Robinson signed off Tuesday night after 26 years as principal news anchor at WFLD-Channel 32. But she left no doubt that it wasn\u2019t her decision to leave the anchor desk: \u201cThis is what I wanted to do, where I wanted to be,\u201d she told... 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\/1422"}],"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=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}