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Episode 12: Newsroom Shake Ups w/ Gary Warth, San Diego Union Tribune’s Former Homelessness Reporter; and Hope Reilly, Vice President and Partner at Southwest Strategies

Jul 25, 2023

Buyouts and layoffs have shaken up San Diego newsrooms. Most recently the San Diego Union Tribune was purchased, and nearly 30 reporters and employees have voluntarily chosen to leave the paper with a severance according to reports. Gary Warth, now former Union Tribune Homelessness Reporter, sat down with Flack Talk for...

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Episode 11: Mickey McCanham, WXYZ Channel 7 ABC Detroit, Assignment Manager

Jul 11, 2023

Mickey McCanham is a “hunter and gatherer of news” as an Assignment Manager at WXYZ Channel 7 in Detroit. He got into the news business by accident thanks to a chance encounter with a reporter at an Irish bar where Mickey was singing Irish music. Host James Canning  credits Mickey with teaching him how...

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