Colorado Media Newsroom
May 14th, 2014, 10:15 AM
From The Denver Post:
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Eric Kahnert, a former 9News weekend anchor most recently a primary anchor at KSTP in Minneapolis, has been named to succeed the retiring Mike Landess as 7News anchor. Kahnert joins KMGH on June 30; Landess is set to retire in late August.
Kahnert, who worked at KUSA from 2009-12, will serve as field anchor as well as holding down the anchor desk with Anne Trujillo and, at times during the next two months, Landess.
In making the announcement, KMGH News Director Jeff Harris cited Kahnert’s record as a “hard news journalist” with investigative reporting instincts and a history of breaking big stories.
“7News is the kind of news organization I’ve always wanted to be part of. They don’t spend a lot of time on the fluff,” Kahnert said by phone.
Before joining ABC affiliate KSTP in Minneapolis, Kahnert was an anchor and investigative reporter at NBC affiliate KOB in Albuquerque. While at 9News in Denver, he won an Emmy for a two-part series, “Unemployment Fraudsters,” exposing problems within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/05/14/eric-kahnert-will-succeed-mike-landess-7news/18703/)
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Eric Kahnert, a former 9News weekend anchor most recently a primary anchor at KSTP in Minneapolis, has been named to succeed the retiring Mike Landess as 7News anchor. Kahnert joins KMGH on June 30; Landess is set to retire in late August.
Kahnert, who worked at KUSA from 2009-12, will serve as field anchor as well as holding down the anchor desk with Anne Trujillo and, at times during the next two months, Landess.
In making the announcement, KMGH News Director Jeff Harris cited Kahnert’s record as a “hard news journalist” with investigative reporting instincts and a history of breaking big stories.
“7News is the kind of news organization I’ve always wanted to be part of. They don’t spend a lot of time on the fluff,” Kahnert said by phone.
Before joining ABC affiliate KSTP in Minneapolis, Kahnert was an anchor and investigative reporter at NBC affiliate KOB in Albuquerque. While at 9News in Denver, he won an Emmy for a two-part series, “Unemployment Fraudsters,” exposing problems within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/05/14/eric-kahnert-will-succeed-mike-landess-7news/18703/)