Life After News...
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FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that longtime WGCL (Atlanta) Anchor Stephany Fisher was going to be replaced.
THat happened back in 2015 and now Fisher is finding out about life after TV news.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution writes that Fisher is now manager of communications at Atlanta area transit system MARTA.
“I was ready to get back to work,” Fisher said in a phone interview while she was at her desk at MARTA headquarters at Lindbergh Station. “I had a couple of years off. With my daughter going off to college, I just thought I wanted something to do. I wanted to contribute and use my skills and I thought I’d venture into this world.”
She said she’s got a lot to learn but “so far, so good. They’ve been very welcoming.”
The biggest adjustment, besides normal work hours, is the fact work doesn’t always have to be done immediately. “I’m so deadline oriented,” she said. “You mean I don’t have to do that project until next month? Or the first of the year? I can get more time?”
Fisher, since she left WGCL two years ago, has done some freelance work for the Washington Post and the Investigation Discovery Channel. She has also been a guest coordinator for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. The time off, she said, allowed her more quality time with her teen-age daughter. “I enjoyed every minute of it,” she said.
Fisher harbors no ill will toward WGCL for letting her go. “I loved very much what I did,” she said. “I don’t look back and regret anything. It was their decision to part ways. I respect that they no longer wanted to have a partnership with me.”
She said every day, people recognize her but many think she’s still on the air. “It shows how seldom a lot of people actually watch local news,” she said.
Or at least WGCL....
