WXIA announced today that news director Cal Callaway is leaving that post. He will remain on the payroll and will oversee day-to-day newsroom operations. WXIA is looking for a new news director.
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Posted by Scott Hedeen on July 16, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Cal Callaway will be ,in my faded news memory, the best desk person I ever had the chance of working with. In a breaking news situation, I just had to hear his voice on the other end of the IFB to know things were going to get done.
In a news world where decision making … let alone making the RIGHT decision … is almost non existant on a manager level, Cal was right on 100 percent.
Posted by Scott Hedeen on July 16, 2008 at 8:35 pm
ADDITION. The memory refreshes.. my details from above are about the man I worked with in 1998. Things in the WXIA newsroom, good and bad, were alot different when I quit in 2006.
Posted by doodoobrown on January 16, 2010 at 6:34 pm
You are part of the problem with 11Alive, You as many arent capable of simple spelling task, You used the word “alot” There is no such word.
Posted by Richard Warner on July 18, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Cal is the best…comes from good stock, too. (UGA)
Posted by bigear on July 23, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I am confident that it would be hard for a news director to do his job with both hands tied behind your back.