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KIRO7 News Director Laura Evans is out, reportedly escorted from the building Monday after a three year run.  Staff was told the department is 'going in a different direction.'  Came here from the Cox station in Dayton and previously ran the KING newsroom as an interim ND for a time   One insider put it this way,  "She burned the place down."  If memory serves, she left KING when Pete Saires got the vacant ND job, moved to Dayton in late '21 and then came to KIRO in spring '23.  KIRO just moved its long-running noon news to 11 a.m and just a week later she is gone.    I wonder if she lost a battle between her and the GM over switching time slots with a soap opera.  Hmmmm.    Final straw?

As I reported in a previous post, Fox 13 has two positions open, morning EP and Digital Editor Lead, so maybe she could immediately land on her feet, complete the Seattle TV superfecta (she worked at KOMO according to a Cox bio) and give Fox some competitive intel.    

Developing story, stay tuned. 

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  1. Rhett WorkmanApril 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM

    And all she was probably doing was following orders from corporate. One would hope this is the first step towards a sale but I honestly doubt it.

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  2. Wayne LApril 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM

    Hard to say. These things take so long to close under normal terms. It is very odd that they just switched the noon news to 11 a m. Wonder if she balked and that became a problem with the GM. If Pat Nevin gets the axe then that would be a real sign. Cox could put an interim GM in his spot and let the newsroom run itself. Remember, they fired Managing Editor Rick Boone after just four months. Newsroom in disarray. And the patchwork plan covering Mariners ALCS and Super Bowl created a punchline even if corporate cut the sports dept. Eric Thomas hire wasted. Too many negatives and no positives.

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