InVocus Media Blog Articles

Craig Melvin – MSNBC/NBC News Network

Craig Melvin is a dayside anchor for MSNBC. He also serves as an NBC News correspondent. Melvin, who joined MSNBC in July 2011, was previously a weekend evening anchor and a weekday general assignment reporter for WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he was an evening news anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, S.C., where [...]

Parenting.com blogger leaves for Babble

Christine Coppa announced yesterday that she would be discontinuing her Mama’s Boy blog for Parenting.com. She had been with the magazine since 2010. Coppa will now helm a new blog for Babble.com which, like her previous blog, will cover the art of single motherhood. Christine Coppa Babble.com (212) 625-9914 www.babble.com

Bangor Daily News adds reporter to Statehouse bureau

Matthew Stone was hired as a reporter for the Bangor Daily News’ Statehouse bureau. Stone was most recently a Web writer and content manager for the Maine Department of Education. He has also worked as an education reporter for the Kennebec Journal. The Bangor Daily News has a daily circulation of approximately 49,950. The Statehouse [...]

Joe O’Sullivan – Pacific Northwest Inlander

Joe O’Sullivan covers City Hall and local politics, arts and culture as a staff writer for the Pacific Northwest Inlander in Spokane, Wash. Prior to joining the paper in October 2011, he covered city government for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming. Before that, O’Sullivan was editor in chief of the now-defunct online newspaper, The Post [...]

Dallas’ KRLD shuffles staff

KRLD has brought on two new on-air personalities. Jane Slater, currently a morning reporter for sister-station KRLD-AM, is joining Mark Elfenbein for middays on “Elf and Slater.” She fills the spot left empty after Josh Lewin exited the station. Chris Arnold, current KRLD part-timer and former sports director at KKDA-FM, is joining recent hire Gavin [...]

WTVJ airs new show

WTVJ has debuted a new lifestyle and entertainment show show, “6 in the Mix,” airing weekdays at 11:30 a.m. Roxanne Vargas will be hosting the 30-minute show and Jose Suarez will be the executive producer. WTVJ-TV is an NBC affiliate serving the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area of South Florida. Roxanne Vargas Jose Suarez WTVJ-TV [...]

The radio star alive and well: Q&A with Tom Leykis

Music streaming services, satellite radio and online radio have made it so that the future of terrestrial radio is uncertain, much like other traditional mediums. And yet, the radio star is very much alive and well. “Shock jock” Tom Leykis, host of the Internet-based “Tom Leykis Show” talked to inVocus about the benefits of online [...]

Editor’s media picks – 5/25

Open letter to Steve Newhouse: New Orleans needs a daily ‘Times-Picayune’ By Robert Hardt Jr. Dear Mr. Newhouse, Getting rid of the daily Times-Picayune is like closing down Galatoire’s, ending Jazz Fest, and moving out the Saints all rolled into one. I’m writing this not out of nostalgia for the past but out of urgency [...]

Karina Longworth – LA Weekly

As film editor at LA Weekly, Karina Longworth oversees movie coverage, which includes writing film reviews. She previously covered film as a freelance writer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her work has appeared in various print and online publications, including Time Out New York, indieWIRE, TheDailyBeast.com, the Huffington Post, Las Vegas Weekly and Slate.com. In 2005, Longworth [...]

Camaron Abundes – KRGV-TV

Camaron Abundes is an anchor for the weekend morning newscasts on KRGV in Weslaco, Texas. She is also a reporter for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. weekday broadcasts. Prior to joining the station as a reporter in October 2009, Abundes served as an anchor and reporter at KWES-TV in Midland, Texas for more than [...]