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Jorge Estevez and Cynthia Demos are Office Spouses

The Miami Herald profiled ‘office spouses’ and featured CBS4 News anchors Cynthia Demos and Jorge Estevez.

The two say they instantly clicked when they worked together at WFTV-9 in Orlando and consider themselves to be an office couple.

I always thought they had great chemistry together, it shows on TV they’re friends. Too bad management split them.

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Brian Andrews Joins Colombia’s RCN Network

Four months after leaving WFOR CBS 4 for Colombia Brian Andrews has landed a permanent gig with Colombia’s largest TV network RCN.

He’ll produce a series called “Colombia through my eyes” and will be “basically driving all over the country for the next two months, stopping off in small towns along the way, telling unique stories”.

Also, in a few months Brian will begin anchoring “Colombia Now” RCN’s first daily English-language newscast.

He’s also freelancing for Al-Jazeera and says on his blog Colombia’s Semana Magazine is interested in a daily web-based English newscast.

Brian’s blog

BrianAndrews.tv

Big Brother Auditions in Miami

This Saturday April 12 from 1pm to 3pm Big Brother will hold a casting call in Miami. So if you want to be locked up in a house for up to 3 months and strut your naked body for everyone to see online apply within. Rules say you must be 21 or over

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Christina Puig Back on Univision 23?

A reader dropped me a note saying they saw Christina Puig reporting for Univision 23 last night. Puig formerly a WFOR CBS 4 reporter has worked at CNN and Univision before joining WFOR.

Glenna Milberg’s Advice to a reporter: “It’s Not About You”

WPLG Local10 Reporter Glenna Milberg

In her latest blog post Channel 10 reporter Glenna Milberg has a bit of advice for a certain reporter from a certain station who while reporting on the crane accident that happened in Miami might have shared her own point of view a bit much rather than report the facts.

The unnamed reporter lives right across from the accident site. Elliot Rodriguez mentioned she did before tossing to her and she acknowledged as much. In her taped report she again mentions living close by and grabbing her camera to tape what’s happening. Then at the end of her life shot Elliot Rodriguez asked her what went trough her mind as she witnessed the event.

Milberg didn’t think it was appropriate for the reporter to include so much “self-centered verbal debris” (I saw, I taped, I called, I felt etc..). Stressing she means well, she offered her advice: “explain, unravel and find out what went wrong, how, why ….” Milberg didn’t mention the station or the reporter.

We’ll just make a wild guess, based on the post, that the station is WFOR and reporter in question is Natalia Zea. And the video report in question can be seen here

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CBS4 Layoff Bug Bites Denver Too

CBS is handing out pink slip presents company wide. Some say to help them focus more on their internet (ad)ventures. Why does that sound familiar. The Denver Post notes KCNC layoffs and so did the Denver Biz Journal

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Some more exits at WFOR

WFOR weekend producer leaving and heading for Ohio to get her Ph.D. and be journalism professor. And have normal life too.

Our wonderful weekend producer Sally Ann Cruikshank will be leaving us. Sally Ann will take the adventure I call her life to Ohio. She has received a Graduate Assistanceship at Ohio University in Athens where she will work on her Ph.D. to eventually become a journalism professor. In just a few years, we will have to call her Doctor Cruikshank. For the past two years Sally Ann has been a vital member of the CBS4 Newsroom. She has helped lead our weekend team… and has been an incredible asset to our Special Projects division. We will miss her tremendously but wish her the best in her new challenge. Her last day is April 3, so make sure you say goodbye!

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Layoffs Due to Cost Cutting at WFOR?

There is some speculation as to how many exactly. some say 10 others say 15 or 30. 30 seems kind of high.

one tipster says Evan Bacon was fired this morning along with Curt Calhoun, a morning producer named Robin and “12 other people from upstairs”

update 6:35pm – someone dropped this in the chat. it’s the email from one of the producers Robin Cross cbs4 at broward bureau news desk

As I was told in my termination meeting today, times are tough and jobs are being eliminated. My job in the Broward Bureau has been eliminated. So I just wanted to take a moment and say good-bye to some really really wonderful co-workers in the Broward Bureau. I have learned so much from you over the past 6 years!! You have shown me that work can be fun and you CAN love what you do. I will remember us as a family. I didn’t get to work often in Miami but when I did i always went home feeling a little more knowledgeable and informed (and deaf from those scanners!!!). So, until … or if … or when … our paths meet again .. take care and good-bye.Robin~

update 11:50pm: Evan Bacon was freelance at channel 4. Curt Calhoun was WFOR’s chief photojournalist. Some of the other people fired were in sales. One tipster says the total is about 10. Some of those axed have worked at WFOR for 25 years. Another tipster says the cutbacks at CBS4 started with Christina Puig who also freelanced for the station.

Most of the tipsters do say that the cutback orders come from CBS and are company wide so we’ll probably see something similar happening at other CBS owned stations across the country

update 03:00: more tipsters dropping notes and info. below another email. tipster

As most of you know by now, today is my last day at WFOR-TV. After 30 ½ years, at the stations encouragement, I am moving on and looking forward to great things to come. I take with me many wonderful memories and friendships. I will cherish them always. Please stay in touch and thanks for everything. With Fond Memories, Dan Dan Roujansky

CBS4 Parts Ways With Their Web Reporter


Yomary Cruz, the CBS4.com web reporter has left the station. They’ve taken her bio offline

Yomary Cruz video library @ CBS4.com
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cbs4.com gets dugg up

A CBS4.com story made it to the front page on Digg with 118 votes as of 6.44am.
Digg.com – Suspects In Sean Taylor’s Murder Burned Evidence

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