Found this interesting tidbit here in the post-Jones era.
You may remember PJ Randhawa, who was a Race and Equity reporter for KING 5 for about 18 months before moving to Chi-town in June 23. I wish she could have done a series like that here, on why it is so hard to get a doctor's appointment:
"WMAQ, NBC 5 Chicago, the NBC-owned station, is airing a weeklong, five-part NBC 5 Responds: Doctor Deficit series led by PJ Randhawa, WMAQ’s consumer investigative reporter."
I think there's been a void in strong, showcased, consisten consumer reporting in Seattle since Jesse Jones was cut from KIRO, although the station still uses various reporters to tell occasional stories. KOMO is pushing Waste Watch and KING has its Investigators Team but not in the same genre. Not sure what 13 does, so fill me in.
This is not a new story as local stations around the country (WBZ-Boston, KHON-Honolulu, etc.) and a network or two have covered this before (NBC). From a local perspective, KING's Investigators team is essentially Dateline or 20/20 since most of their stories are mainly crime or fraud related. KOMO's Waste Watch is pretty much a Daniels-fronted segment to show his newsworthy usefulness when he is not trying to usurp Niko on sports. KIRO is essentially revisiting old pieces that Jones covered and treating them as new. FOX13 has The Spotlight with their primary evening male lead anchor David Rose being the local version of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh.
ReplyDeleteGlad you still agree Niko is getting repeatedly undercut.
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