Bridget Chavez anchors KING news after a huge playoff game on NBC Monday night. Good reporter, but not nearly ready for a newscast that would be sampled with that big sports lead-in. Not going to comment on the outfit while anchoring sports, too. Staffing is thin. At least Greg Copeland was back at 10.
One other note: The Ultimate Sports Show was now advertised at 8pm streaming on K5+. Not timely at all for late Mariners. It's all over the place. Wednesday promo-ed for 9 pm after NBC game. K5 a little upside down right now.
These interesting observations lead me to four questions.
ReplyDelete1. Do you think that Chavez, with the proper training, has the potential to be a good anchor?
2. What does Chavez need the most help with to become a good anchor?
3. Has Pezzetti officially announced that she is pregnant?
4. Who might fill in for Pezzetti if and when she goes on maternity leave soon? KING is running out of people!
She doesn't seem to have any anchor experience that I can find except maybe while at Syracuse U. But more than that there should have been a plan by KING to have Copeland or even Joyce be ready for extra anchoring coming off a huge NBA game with Wemby drawing huge interest. Great sampling opportunity missed. I think she needs to build more confidence, improve her copy interpretation and conversational delivery. She could also go to a smaller market to hone skills and get more mgmt attention. Depends on her goals.
ReplyDeleteWatched Chavez Tuesday night, much improved performance vs Monday. Good. My opinion; Maddie Carter is better on the desk,, but they may need her more in the field.
DeletePerhaps she saw your advice. If she is as new to anchoring as it appears she may be, the fact that she was able to improve so much in just one night is promising.
DeleteI haven't seen much of Carter on the desk, but I have liked what I've seen. I hope we'll see more of her on the desk.
I'd also like to see Alex McLoon get a turn on the anchor desk. His reporting is consistently good.