In the TV news biz, the words “beloved” and “manager” rarely appear adjacent to each other. The exception is Bud Veazey, the WAGA assistant news director who is retiring today. Veazey was the old-school journalistic guidestone, against which the stiff winds of audience pandering often blew. At his best, he could cool the scalding-hot sensibilities [...]
Archive for April 11th, 2008
11 Apr
Good clean fun
A stylish yet squirrelly mayor deserves befitting coverage. And Lithonia’s mayor, the porkpie hat and neck brace-wearing Joyce McKibbens, got it on Thursday’s late news. WXIA’s Duffie Dixon provided the style, with a nicely shot-and-edited piece on a chaotic council meeting wherein the mayor, as McKibbens put it, “dismissed myself” and abruptly walked out. Dixon’s [...]
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