<\/a>Nancy Loo<\/p><\/div>\n
Weekends will be anchored by Rudabeh Shahbazi from CBS-owned WFOR in Miami and Nichole Berlie of ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston. Joining them will be breaking news anchor Aaron Nolan from NBC affiliate KARK in Little Rock, Arkansas; and meteorologist Gerard Jebaily from NBC affiliate KSHB in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n
In addition to Negovan and Loo, other regional reporters will be Dallas bureau correspondent Markie Martin from ABC affiliate KOCO in Oklahoma City, and Miami bureau correspondent Brian Entin from Fox affiliate WSVN in Miami.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur on-air anchors and reporters, as well as those guiding the off-camera newsgathering process, are award-winning journalists who understand the importance of being objective,\u201d said Sean Compton, executive vice president of WGN America.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey reflect the diversity of our country and will be the backbone of 'News Nation,' as WGN America begins charting a new course in television news, designed for the millions of viewers across the U.S. who want their news to be accurate, fair and without opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perry Sook, president and CEO of Nexstar Media Group, said in a statement: \u201cNow more than ever, viewers rely on television news to stay informed about everything from the latest pandemic developments to the reopening of the economy and the upcoming election. We have an opportunity, a mission and the resources nationwide to bring Americans breaking news stories and live coverage delivered by reporters who know the local community and can provide unbiased coverage of events from coast to coast and deep in the heartland.<\/p>\n
\"Nexstar has the largest newsgathering organization in the country, with 5,400 journalists in newsrooms throughout the U.S., and Sean and Jennifer have curated an exceptional team for 'News Nation.' These journalists have broad experience, strong records of journalistic excellence, and their local perspectives will create a new fact-based and unbiased national news platform.<\/p>\n
\"We will be presenting news in a way that is free of any particular point of view as we debut 'News Nation' on September 1 and we are confident that there are more Americans than ever who are seeking just that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday's comment of the day:<\/a> Jim Hirsch:<\/strong> The lawsuit seems like a publicity stunt to keep this story alive a bit longer. Personally I think it matters little if [Amy Jacobson] attends briefings or not given that she more closely resembles a minor league Laura Ingraham than a journalist. It's all about ratings and eyeballs, and too bad if the Constitution gets in the way. We need better from all sides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nexstar Media Group has unveiled a lineup of anchors and correspondents for its upcoming nightly national newscast that includes three familiar faces from \"Chicago's Very Own\" WGN-Channel 9. Joe Donlon, who co-anchors the 5, 6, 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts at WGN, will lead the Monday-through-Friday anchor team for \u201cNews Nation,\u201d set to debut September... 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\/25742"}],"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=25742"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25752,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25742\/revisions\/25752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}