{"id":22892,"date":"2019-09-04T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=22892"},"modified":"2019-09-04T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:00:36","slug":"robservations-can-new-morning-team-pump-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/09\/04\/robservations-can-new-morning-team-pump-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Robservations: Can this new morning team pump up \u2018The Jam\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Felicia Lawrence, Jon Hansen and Amy Rutledge<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Weigel Broadcasting finally announced what readers here<\/a>\u00a0have known for weeks: Amy Rutledge,<\/strong> former traffic and feature reporter at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9, has signed on as co-host of \u201cThe Jam,\u201d<\/a> the weekday morning talk and entertainment show on WCIU-Channel 26.<\/a> She'll join Felicia Lawrence<\/strong> and newly promoted co-host Jon Hansen<\/strong> later this month. Carly Henderson,<\/strong> who'd co-hosted for the last year, will shift to a contributing role as field reporter. The show's third co-host, Jordan Cornette,<\/strong> left in May. \"It's a new team and new day for 'The Jam,'\" said Steve Bailey,<\/strong> head of local programming and creative for CW26. \"Felicia, Jon and Amy will help evolve and grow the show's unique morning TV news style.\" After two years on the air (and a total of six co-hosts), the show may be living on borrowed time. In the latest Nielsen averages, \"The Jam\" ranked dead last among local morning shows with a negligible 0.2 rating (6,502 households) from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

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Derrick Young<\/p><\/div>\n

Derrick Young<\/strong> is out after eight years as morning traffic reporter at CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2. <\/a>His last day on the air was Tuesday. Young, a former teacher and coach, landed the job in 2011 after winning an open-audition contest for traffic reporter. \u201cI gave my heart and soul working for CBS 2 in my hometown of Chicago and it\u2019s been a privilege,\" he said. \"I had eight great years full of wonderful experiences with co-workers, viewers and volunteers. Life is unpredictable, but I know the next phase will be better and more impactful.\u201d No comment from CBS 2 on whether his former position will be filled.<\/p>\n

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Bill Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations to Bill Cameron,<\/strong> dean of Chicago's City Hall reporters, who's celebrating 50 years on the job this week. After joining NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 as vacation relief news writer in 1969, he spent three decades at the former WMAQ Radio. Since 2000 Cameron has been political editor and host of \"Connected To Chicago\"<\/a> at Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS 890-AM.<\/a> He's still one of the best in the business. \"Fifty years ago today I began my career in Chicago broadcasting at NBC in the Merchandise Mart,\" Cameron tweeted <\/a>Tuesday. \"Richard J. Daley<\/strong> was mayor, Dick Ogilvie<\/strong> was governor, Everett Dirksen<\/strong> was senator and Richard Nixon<\/strong> was president. I\u2019m lucky to be able to say I\u2019ve enjoyed every year since.\"<\/p>\n

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Randi Stevenson<\/p><\/div>\n

Randi Stevenson<\/strong> has resigned as editor of real estate and lifestyles at the Chicago Tribune <\/a>to join the San Antonio Express-News,<\/a> where she'll oversee digital coverage. Stevenson, a northern California native and graduate of Arizona State University, worked for the Omaha World-Herald before she came to the Tribune as a producer in the digital marketing services unit in 2013. \"Very happy to announce that Randi Stevenson, a digital editor at Chicago Tribune, is coming to @ExpressNews to lead our digital sites and our drive to ramp up subscriptions,\" editor Marc Duvoisin<\/strong> tweeted.<\/a> \"Looking forward to great things from @RandiStevenson.\"<\/p>\n

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Barrington High School<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Journeys in Journalism: Past, Present and Future,\" a panel discussion among Barrington High School <\/a>alumni who now work in journalism, will be held October 3 in the northwest suburban high school's auditorium. Los Angeles Times humor columnist and editor Chris Erskine<\/strong> will moderate the panel featuring WGN sportscaster Lauren Magiera,<\/strong> ESPN and ABC Sports production editor Andy Armas,<\/strong> Villages Daily Sun senior production editor Scott Stahmer,<\/strong> photographer Gary Suson,<\/strong> Fox News Channel correspondent Michael Tobin,<\/strong> and \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d consumer investigative national correspondent Anna Werner.<\/strong> Hosted by the Barrington High School Alumni Association and the Barrington 220 Educational Foundation, the event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s comment of the day: <\/a>Charlie Meyerson:<\/strong> Robert Feder's comments section is a rich source for names of people to block on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robservations on the media beat: Weigel Broadcasting finally announced what readers here\u00a0have known for weeks: Amy Rutledge, former traffic and feature reporter at Tribune Broadcasting WGN-Channel 9, has signed on as co-host of \u201cThe Jam,\u201d the weekday morning talk and entertainment show on WCIU-Channel 26. She'll join Felicia Lawrence and newly promoted co-host Jon Hansen... 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\/22892"}],"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=22892"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22901,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22892\/revisions\/22901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}