{"id":21882,"date":"2019-05-30T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=21882"},"modified":"2019-05-30T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T11:00:22","slug":"robservations-mort-crim-named-illinois-broadcasters-hall-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/05\/30\/robservations-mort-crim-named-illinois-broadcasters-hall-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Mort Crim named to Illinois Broadcasters\u2019 Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Mort Crim<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Mort Crim,<\/strong> the retired anchorman said to be the inspiration <\/a>for Will Ferrell\u2019s<\/strong> Ron Burgundy character, has been chosen for induction in the Illinois Broadcasters Association\u2019s<\/a> Hall of Fame. A native of West Frankfort, Illinois, who holds a master\u2019s degree from Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism, Crim began in the news department of WLS 890-AM in the early \u201960s. He briefly worked in Chicago again in the late \u201970s at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2. Of his Hall of Fame selection, Crim said: \u201cI\u2019m deeply honored. Even humbled \u2014 and for an anchorman, being humbled is quite an accomplishment.\u201d Crim will be inducted June 13 during the IBA\u2019s annual conference in Springfield.<\/p>\n

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Ken Davis<\/p><\/div>\n

A tip of the hat and a deep bow to Ken Davis,<\/strong> who hosts his final edition of \"Chicago Newsroom\"<\/a> today. Davis is pulling the plug<\/a> on the weekly roundtable of local journalists and newsmakers after a nine-year run on Chicago Access Network TV.<\/a> Guests on his last show will be Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, John Dempsey, A.D. Quig <\/strong>and Heather Cherone<\/strong>.<\/strong> \"['Chicago Newsroom'] wasn\u2019t exactly a media powerhouse, but we did accomplish a couple of things, key among them that so many people who are currently achieving real prominence in our market made their first TV appearances on our show,\" Davis told me. \"I\u2019m truly proud of that.\"<\/p>\n

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Charles Whitaker<\/p><\/div>\n

Charles Whitaker,<\/strong> former senior editor at Ebony magazine, has been named dean of Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications,<\/a> effective July 1. He\u2019s been serving as interim dean since Brad Hamm<\/strong> stepped down in July 2018. Whitaker, who earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Medill in the early \u201980s, joined the faculty as a professor in 1993. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor and a privilege to be the first Medill alumnus selected to serve as dean,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cI care deeply about the school, particularly the students, faculty and staff who have made Medill such a vaunted institution in the fields of journalism and integrated marketing.\u201d Before Ebony, Whitaker worked for the Miami Herald and Louisville Times.<\/p>\n

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Ed McGregor<\/p><\/div>\n

Ed McGregor,<\/strong> former director of content integration at ESPN, has joined NBC Sports Chicago <\/a>as vice president of content strategy. The position has been vacant since Kevin Cross<\/strong> was promoted to senior vice president and general manager in January. McGregor will lead the regional sports network's multi-platform portfolio, including live events, programming, digital media, news, and original content. \u201cEd\u2019s vast experience, leadership skills, and collaborative spirit will be critical assets in helping us achieve our objectives from both a strategic and revenue-generating standpoint,\u201d Cross said. McGregor, a native of southwest suburban Burr Ridge and graduate of the University of Illinois, began his career as manager of publications for the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

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Kimbriell Kelly<\/p><\/div>\n

Kimbriell Kelly,<\/strong> former editor and publisher of the Chicago Reporter, is joining the Los Angeles Times<\/a> this summer as Washington-based deputy editor of enterprise and investigations. She most recently has been a reporter on the investigative unit at the Washington Post, where her team won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. Kelly, a graduate of Saint Xavier University and Boston University, was a staff writer at the Daily Herald for seven years before joining the Chicago Reporter as a reporter. She also hosted a public-affairs show on Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 and a weekly radio show on Chicago Public Media WBEZ 91.5-FM.<\/p>\n

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David Viggiano<\/p><\/div>\n

David Viggiano,<\/strong> former entertainment reporter and producer at Fox 32, has been hired as a producer for \u201cWindy City Live,\u201d the weekday talk and entertainment show on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7<\/a>. Since he left Fox in 2009, he\u2019s been working as a public relations consultant specializing in media relations and media training. \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to get back into the TV production side of the business for a while and was waiting for the right opportunity to come along,\u201d Viggiano said.<\/p>\n

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Kris Kridel<\/p><\/div>\n

Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Carol Marin:<\/strong> Kris Kridel is the gold standard in journalism. She is smart, ethical, and fair, always asking the kind of questions that need to be asked. And she has mentored an army of younger journalists with both generosity and great humor. She makes the profession proud. I\u2019ll miss hearing her voice on WBBM.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Mort Crim, the retired anchorman said to be the inspiration for Will Ferrell\u2019s Ron Burgundy character, has been chosen for induction in the Illinois Broadcasters Association\u2019s Hall of Fame. A native of West Frankfort, Illinois, who holds a master\u2019s degree from Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism, Crim began in... 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\/21882"}],"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=21882"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21897,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21882\/revisions\/21897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}