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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Your A-List winners: Best morning news team
Which morning news team is the area’s best?
KEYE: Fred Cantu and Michelle Valles 45.076588%
KXAN: Sally Hernandez and Chris Willis 33.406273%
KVUE: Melissa Gale and Olga Campos 11.670314%
KTBC: Joe Bickett and Katherine Kisiel 5.9810357%
News 8 Austin: Todd Boatwright 2.7716994%
KAKW: Leslie Montoya 1.0940919%
It’s no surprise that Cantu and Valles have captured the (k)eye of A-List voters. The two had been friendly for years prior to their December, 2008 pairing on Austin’s CBS affiliate, and their chemistry and easy charm provides viewers a pleasant and informative way to ease into the rigors of another day in capital city.
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Walter Cronkite memorial contributions
If you’d like to make a charitable contribution in honor of the late TV news legend Walter Cronkite, the family is requesting that donations be made to The Walter and Betsy Cronkite Fund for Fair Play in care of The Austin Community Foundation, according to TVNewser.
Cronkite’s funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan. According to TVNewser, CBS is making a satellite feed of the service available to cable networks.
UPDATED: Discovery Channel to re-air “Cronkite Remembers” this weekend.
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Photo gallery highlights the public and personal sides of Walter Cronkite
Photographer Jill Krementz photographed legendary newsman and broadcaster Walter Cronkite throughout his career.
Check out a remarkable collection of her photographs — including Cronkite at work and at home; with celebrities, colleagues, dignitaries and family members — and remembrances at nysocialdiary.com.
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Elise Hu leaving KVUE
Elise Hu, KVUE’s state political reporter, is leaving the station to join the Texas Tribune, a nonprofit news site that will cover state government and public policy.
Hu made the announcement on her blog. The new site could launch as early as November, Hu writes in her blog.
Hu’s post reports that she gave notice at KVUE on Monday and that she will leave the station sometime in late August.
It’s been quite a week for the reporter: She also got engaged to Matt Stiles, another journalist who’ll be part of the Texas Tribune.
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