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Jason Sandford March 13, 2007

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

You get Fries with that
Julie Fries, an executive producer with our WLOSers, was promoted to news director at the end of last month. Fries replaces Tom Loebig, who went to Accuweather.

We don’t know Julie or her management style or her news sense. We’ll be watching.

Props to Charu
Cherub Charu gets props for the way she handled and reported what we think could be a national story – the Catholic Church’s handling of a local molestation case.

About a week or so ago, Charu did a couple of stories about a local man who said he was molested by a priest at St. Joan of Arc Church on Haywood Road. The church apparently agreed and settled. But the victim pressed his case, insisting that the church go so far as to move the grave of the now-dead priest because he was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery near the victim’s parents. And the church did that, too, Charu reported.

Charu had all her bases covered, including solid context about how victims in these types of molestation cases are, more and more, asking for more than just a financial settlement.

Roses to Charu!

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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8 Comments

Jack Daniels March 16, 2007

News Flash, too many drinks last night~

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A to the P March 15, 2007

I was just about to say the same thing, lol.

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marc March 15, 2007

No kidding, Jack? News Falsh (sic): read all the comments in the thread so you understand them in context. A to the P said the local Creative Services Director ("Guy" in my response) was the daddy of the new site. I said it looks like it’s a Sinclair thing (aka the "corporate companys" (sic)), not a local thing. See, I even quoted the "all the baby" language so it would be clear to whom and to what specific assertion I was responding.

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Jack Daniels March 15, 2007

News Falsh Marc, many TV websites are templates from their corporate companys.

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Asheville Pubcrawler March 14, 2007

Good job, Charu. That was a well-done story. We need more reporting of this caliber, not 30-second sound bites that don’t really tell us anything.

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marc March 14, 2007

Not that Julie or Guy couldn’t have been influential in implementing it here, but it looks like the website is "all the baby" of Sinclair corporate. WLOS, WSYX, WKEF, KOKH, some other SBGI stations, using the same template.

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A to the P March 14, 2007

Julie seems like a breath of Fresh Air at WLOS.

But the website is all the baby of the Creative Services Director. He’s had it in the works for months.

Although Tom leaving no doubt helped him bring it online when he did.

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In The Know March 14, 2007

Changes are already evident with Julie Fries. Notice the new WLOS website? Notice it changed the moment Loebig left? Look forward to future changes…

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