missing in action<\/a> as ABC 7's sports anchor since late January with no explanation.)<\/p>\nThe winner of 16 Emmy Awards, Davies was inducted in the Silver Circle of the Chicago\/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2013. In 2016 she received the Chicago Legend Award from Cinema\/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
Here is the full text of Davies\u2019s Facebook post:<\/strong><\/p>\nCOVID certainly has had an impact in some way on everyone. My heart goes out to those affected in big and little ways. With me, well, my time has come to an end with ABC7.<\/em><\/p>\nIt has been an honor and a joy to have worked at 190 North State Street for 37 years. To have had such breadth and depth in a broadcasting career is humbling. Many at the station have been dear colleagues for years and working with them always made me better. Chicago viewers are kind, enlightening and their stories will forever have meaning and import.<\/em><\/p>\nI was thinking about highlights, but every news story, 190North, programming show, etc. WAS a highlight.<\/em><\/p>\nFor now, I will not be looking backward but forward. That\u2019s just me. Stay tuned. Plots and plans afoot.<\/em><\/p>\nAnd, no, I thankfully have not had the virus. CDC guidelines rule!<\/em><\/p>\nAlso, please support the Chicago area theatre\/music\/dance and art communities when they come roaring back - which they will sooner rather than later. We all need to be refreshed and rewired.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After nearly four decades as arts and entertainment reporter, program host and the face of New Year's Eve on Chicago television, Janet Davies has parted company with ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Davies announced the news in a Facebook post Friday. She confirmed in a text message that she would not be back as host of ABC... 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\/28745"}],"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=28745"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28754,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28745\/revisions\/28754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}