Colorado Media Newsroom
December 1st, 2014, 05:53 PM
From The Denver Post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNfUJERQIpk
Christy Moreno must be an up-and-comer in the Gannett ranks. She’s about to make the jump from Nielsen market No. 61, Knoxville, which serves 515,190 people, to market No. 17, Denver with 1,565,760. At the same time, she’ll take over one of the most successful newsrooms in the country in terms of ratings, a station that has been dominant in the market’s news contests for decades. And she’ll succeed a much honored veteran who was in place for most of that time, Patti Dennis, who has been bumped up to a VP-recruiting post for the corporation.
KUSA last week named Moreno, news director at Gannett’s WBIR in Knoxville, as its next news boss, the first change in the newsroom’s top job in 18 years. A number of internal candidates were passed over for the post.
At WBIR, she led the staff to win a National Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence for a small market station. Moreno joined WBIR in 2012 from Gannett’s San Antonio station where she was assistant news director.
Announcing the appointment, KUSA’s Mark Cornetta said, “Christy’s strong leadership skills, record of success and innovative ideas are just what we need to continue serving as Colorado’s news leader. She brings a multiscreen approach to the newsroom and is committed to our tradition of world-class coverage.”
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/12/01/kusas-next-news-director-christy-moreno/20593/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNfUJERQIpk
Christy Moreno must be an up-and-comer in the Gannett ranks. She’s about to make the jump from Nielsen market No. 61, Knoxville, which serves 515,190 people, to market No. 17, Denver with 1,565,760. At the same time, she’ll take over one of the most successful newsrooms in the country in terms of ratings, a station that has been dominant in the market’s news contests for decades. And she’ll succeed a much honored veteran who was in place for most of that time, Patti Dennis, who has been bumped up to a VP-recruiting post for the corporation.
KUSA last week named Moreno, news director at Gannett’s WBIR in Knoxville, as its next news boss, the first change in the newsroom’s top job in 18 years. A number of internal candidates were passed over for the post.
At WBIR, she led the staff to win a National Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence for a small market station. Moreno joined WBIR in 2012 from Gannett’s San Antonio station where she was assistant news director.
Announcing the appointment, KUSA’s Mark Cornetta said, “Christy’s strong leadership skills, record of success and innovative ideas are just what we need to continue serving as Colorado’s news leader. She brings a multiscreen approach to the newsroom and is committed to our tradition of world-class coverage.”
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2014/12/01/kusas-next-news-director-christy-moreno/20593/)