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Forget traffic reporting, aim for network job

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Some quick notes and links to end the week …

> If case you’ve been living under a rock, WKMG is having tryouts for its new traffic reporter. Hal Boedeker of the Sentinel blogs about the finalists.

> Hey, forget traffic reporting — maybe you should be a network correspondent? The South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is presenting a seminar on Saturday in Miami called, "How to Break into Network News … and Stay There." Susan Candiotti of CNN and Mark Potter of NBC will be on hand to provide the skinny. Click here for information.

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Hawk keeps an eye on Fox 35 crew

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First, an Orlando news crew was roughed up on the ground. Now, our O-Town TV guys are being attacked from the air.

WOFL has suspended its regular outdoor weather segments in the garden area behind its studio because of a mother hawk. She’s taken up residence in a tree above Fox 35′s Lake Mary studios.

"We have a little situation going on," anchor Tom Johnson explained on air this week. "There is a mama hawk high up in one of the pine trees. And we think she has some eggs she’s waiting on or some little ones in that nest right there. So anytime anybody goes out behind out station, mama hawk gets a little upset and attacks."

WOFL already has its live newsroom Web cam and its live studio Web cam, so why not make the most of this situation and add a live Hawk Cam?

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WOFL, WKMG getting new on-air looks

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WOFL and WKMG are expected to debut new sets and graphics today.

At WOFL, over the the weekend the station’s news set was tweaked for the new look — which an insider says includes new graphics and music. One thing it definitely includes is a new station logo. Actually, it’s the Fox-mandated corporate logo design (shown above) that has been used on WOFL’s MyFoxOrlando.com since it launched but has yet to be used on air … until now.

Over at WKMG, the station is taking the wrapping off its new set today, according to the Sentinel’s TV Guy. The current incarnation of the WKMG set — with its big video screen backdrop — debuted in 2004 during the station’s coverage of Hurricane Jeanne.

 

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Former Fox 35 reporter joins the DOD

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Former Fox 35 reporter Beth Sherman checks in with news about her new job.

"I’ll be leaving my Pinellas County PIO job for a civilian job with the Department of Defense this Friday," she wrote in an e-mail. "I will be moving to Arlington, Va., and will be doing public affairs for the DOD. With my four years prior Air Force Armed Forces Radio and TV experience, it’s a natural fit for me and I am looking forward to the change."

Sherman started with WOFL in January 1998 before leaving last year. In addition to serving as a PIO, she’s also been freelancing on the side for her own company, eleven-11 consulting.

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Fox 35 hires weekend sports anchor

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WOFL has hired a weekend sports anchor — finally. Kevin Holden, now anchoring sports in Texas for the News 8 Austin cable channel, is joining the Fox 35 staff, according to NewsBlues.com.

Holden’s career started at a small independent station in Georgia, and he previously worked in Tupelo, Miss., Houston and Greenville, S.C. Click here to read Holden’s bio.

I think it’s been been more than a year since WOFL had two sports anchors. It was around March 2006 when then-weekend sports anchor Eric Clinkscales — a veteran of WOFL’s news start-up — left the the desk. Since then, Thomas Forester has been handling all the sports duties for Fox 35.

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Who’s watching American Idol? Find out

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Fox’s American Idol is undoubtedly the hottest show on TV right now. I just don’t get it, but I accept that I’m in the minority when it comes that.

Have you ever wondered if the folks working in the news departments at Fox’s TV stations take a break to watch the show? Well, you might have a chance to find out — especially here in Orlando at Fox 35.

WOFL’s Web site, MyFoxOrlando, has added a live newsroom cam and live studio cam — so you can spy on the journalists at Fox 35. Are they watching American Idol or Fox News Channel? Come back during the show to find out. Click here for the newsroom Web cam, and click here for the studio Web cam.

Oh, and if you can’t get enough American Idol, MyFoxOrlando has an entire are dedicated to the show. Click here to see the American Idol section.

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