Marc Pickard retired from WXIA in September. It was bittersweet for all of us. Pickard is a gifted storyteller, and a guy who probably never had an undignified moment in his entire career. Even when he covered breaking news, Pickard was at his best. His retirement process paralleled my own departure from WAGA in 2007, [...]
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19 Sep
Written on the wind
WXIA reporter Marc Pickard will retire Friday, concluding a 34 year career as one of the premier storytellers in Atlanta TV news. I asked longtime WXIA reporter Jon Shirek to write a few words marking the occasion, excerpted below. By Jon Shirek For news to remain “news,” we will always need journalists to dig up [...]
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