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Another Seattle TV Refugee has joined Boeing


Nice reader tip, even belatedly, that former KING weekend anchor/reporter Vanessa Misciagna joined Boeing as a media specialist about a year ago... Sorry for the delay.    She was another victim of the Scripps News effort, along with Tatevik Aprikan, who left Fox 13 for Scripps, later marrying K5 anchor Greg Copeland.

She joins a long list of ex-KING5-ers who have gone to the aviation giant in PR roles.   

Reporters Elisa Hahn, Bernard Choi, Shaniqua Manning, Michael King, Kierra Elfalan, Ted Land...photogs and producers as well.  A lucrative landing spot, indeed, for so many.   Can't even name them all.

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  1. IDC9July 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM

    Congrats to Vanessa on her not-so-new gig at Boeing. Sorry to hear that she left Scripps.

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  2. Mike B BarerJuly 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM

    Nice when they can stay in the area.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM

    Scripps News? Isn't KING owned by Tegna? Prior to that, Gannett and Bello. I don't remember Scripps doing anything in this market.

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  4. Wayne LJuly 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM

    She left King and went to Scripps ill-fated and much ballyhooed national efforts to do more online news, originally called NEWSY then renamed Scripps News. She remained in Seattle working for Scripps. Aprikan went 13 to Chicago to work for Scripps and then returned. I hope that clarifies it for you.

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