Orlando Reporter Battling Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Orlando Reporter Battling Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

​WKMG Traffic reporter Jessica Sanchez has announced that she is locked in a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

“In the nine years I’ve been in Central Florida, the community and the people have become my home, my family, and I’m feeling that more than ever,” Sanchez said. “The thoughts, prayers and support I have received so far have been amazing!  While this is tough news to take, I plan to turn it into an experience from which I can learn, grow and share.”

What the GM of the station has to say after the Hop  ​

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Hasselbeck's Days Are Numbered at The View

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Hasselbeck's Days Are Numbered at The View

When Barbara Walters insisted ​that Elisabeth Hasselbeck was NOT leaving 'The View,' FTVLive questioned if Babs might be trying to pull the wool over our face. 

After rumors swirled that Hasselbeck was being bounced, Walters walked out arm and arm with Hasselbeck onto The View set and said all the rumors weren't true.

FTVLive wrote just moments after that happened "Something about that whole arm and arm thing....it looked like when some Hollywood couple says that aren't splitting up and then months later they do."

After the Jump read how Hasselbeck is Toast and will be out at The View ​

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ABC Staffer Found out he was Indicted from Twitter​

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ABC Staffer Found out he was Indicted from Twitter​

​Friday, FTVLive told you about the ABC Staffer that was indicted for helping Hackers gain entry into the Tribune computer system.

Matthew Keys was working at Tribune owned KTXL in Sacramento, when he was fired from his job.​

After his firing, the Justice Department says Keys gained access to an Anonymous chat room and proceeded to provide the group with passwords to Tribune's computer system.

He found out he was indicted on Twitter, screen shot and more after the skip   ​

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Carolina Reporter Hit by Car Still On the Mend

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Carolina Reporter Hit by Car Still On the Mend

She recalls the accident vividly.

“I remember seeing the two cars running through the intersection and hitting each other, and the headlights turning on me. I knew I was going to be hit a split second later.”

News 14 Carolina reporter Caroline Vandergriff was nearing the end of her 1 to 10 p.m. shift Jan. 30. She was covering the storm blowing through Charlotte, taking video at Kenilworth Avenue and East Morehead Street where the traffic light was out because of a power outage.

She's Still in a Wheelchair, but determined after the Jump  

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Study Shows Local TV News doing Less News

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Study Shows Local TV News doing Less News

​The Pew Research Center’s latest annual "State Of The News Mediareport" is not painting a very good picture.  

The study shows that providers across all platforms became “more undermanned and unprepared to uncover stories, dig deep into emerging ones or to question information put into [their] hands,” Pew’s Project for Excellence In Journalism finds. The shortcomings stood out during the election when “campaign reporters were acting primarily as megaphones, rather than as investigators, of the assertions put forward by the candidates and other political partisans.”

Much of the Blame is on Local TV News...after the Jump   

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LIN Station Looking for a Deuce

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The Lin Station in Springfield, MA is looking for an Assistant News Director. ​

Here is the the job posting from the station:​

JOB DESCRIPTION: WWLP-22News, Springfield, MA, a LIN Media station, is seeking a qualified individual for the position of Assistant News Director.  The successful candidate will be someone who is highly motivated and can lead by example, as well as willing to be involved in the community.  Candidate should also possess good news instinct and demonstrate sound news judgment, including skilled in investigative reporting.  They also need to be able to recognize the value of and embrace internet, mobile, and social media. 

HOURS: TBD

PRIOR EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING REQUIRED:Minimum 5 years prior television experience required; must have good communication skills and ability to supervise/train.

CONTACT: Please send cover letter/resume to: HR Department, WWLP-22News 1 Broadcast Center, Chicopee, Ma 01013, OR EMAIL: job386@wwlp.com.

Sponsor Love - N.S. Bienstock

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Sponsor Love - N.S. Bienstock

​Another week draws to a close and once again we saw more people visit FTVLive this week than any week so far. It is exciting to watch FTVLive grow so fast and it is thanks to all of people for stopping by the site and spreading the word to your friends and co-workers.

FTVLive never would have been able to bust down the pay wall ​if it wasn't for a great sponsors that stepped up and supported the idea of us going to a free site. 

Sponsors like N.S. Bienstock.​

Bienstock has been at the forefront of the broadcast news business since 1964.

Read more about the people of Bienstock and what they do after the Jump   
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NBC Suit Pissed at Jay Leno over Jokes

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NBC Suit Pissed at Jay Leno over Jokes

Three executives close to the situation reported this week that Mr. Greenblatt had taken offense to monologue jokes Mr. Leno made last month in the wake of news stories about NBC’s ratings struggles and how the network had fallen into fifth place in the sweeps month of February — behind the Spanish-language network Univision.

Specifically, on the night of Feb. 28, Mr. Leno referenced the news about NBC’s falling into fifth place by telling a series of jokes.

What Leno said and the thin skinned NBC Executive after the Jump  ​


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LA Station Names new Managing Editor

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Fox-owned KTTV Los Angeles (DMA 2) has hired Ramona Schindelheim to be managing editor of the station’s news department. She begins on March 25.

This will be Schindelheim’s second stint at KTTV, she was a producer there from 1989 to 1994. Most recently, she was executive producer of Business Day at CNBC. Prior to that she was EP of CNBC’s The Call, Power Lunch and Street Signs.

Her resume also includes senior producer at NBC’s The Jane Pauley Show, Business Editor at ABC News, Producer of CNBC’s Power Lunch, producer of WNBC New York’s Live at Five and a sitcom writer at Warner Bros.

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60 Minutes This Week

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Here's what's on the docket for TV's Number 1 News magazine for Sunday:​

AMERICAN NUNS – One of the pressing problems newly elected Pope Francis may want to address is the disillusionment among American nuns. Many were shocked last year when the group that represents most of them was reprimanded by the Vatican, which said the nuns’ liberal ideas were undermining the Church. Bob Simon reports.  Tanya Simon and Andrew Metz are the producers.

THE INNOVATOR – Twitter creator Jack Dorsey tells Lara Logan about his brainstorm for the popular social medium, his separation and reunion with the company and his current venture, Square.  Tom Anderson is the producer.

HIT MAN – John Veasey used to kill people for a living as a hit man in the Philadelphia mob. Today, Veasey drives a church bus and attends weekly worship as a born-again Christian in a Middle American suburb. Has he really changed?  Byron Pitts reports. Clem Taylor is the producer.