When I asked a GCABJ officer this week if there was concern about Channel 12 having no Black on-air reporters now, I received this reply: In late March, the GCABJ executive board members and National Association of Black Journalists President Dorothy Tucker had a "productive, lengthy conversation" with Channel 12 General Manager Jon Lawhead and News Director Tim Geraghty, who "expressed a desire to improve diversity in an intentional way," according to the GCABJ statement posted April 1. The group publicly criticized Channel 12 for its "lack of representation on Local 12's staff " noting that none of the station's 13 on-air female talent is a Black woman. WKRC-TV's lack of minorities was a major concern for the Greater Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists on March 15.
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She had previously worked at TV stations in Flint and Saginaw, Mich. Smith-Randolph, 34, treasurer for the National Association of Black Journalists, has been named investigative editor and lead reporter for Connecticut Public Broadcasting's "The Accountability Project." The Queens native was hired in September 2018 from WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids. Wheaton, a 2012 Bowling Green State University graduate, will arrive five weeks after Smith's departure.
Wheaton, president of the Dayton chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, will start as a reporter here June 1, after the May ratings "sweeps" end, says Jon Lawhead, Channel 12 general manager. With the departure of reporter Walter Smith-Randolph, WKRC-TV has only two Black journalists on newscasts, anchors John Lomax and Kyle Inskeep.īut help is on the way at Channel 12, which was publicly criticized by the Greater Cincinnati Association of Black Journaliststwo months ago, while two Black journalists at WCPO-TV are being promoted to weekend Good Morning Tri-State newscasts.Ĭhannel 12 has hired Dayton reporter-weekend anchor Courtney Wheaton from Sinclair sister stations WKEF-TV and WRGT-TV.
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