The Kneeland Project

07/07/2025

Congratulations to another Kneeland Fellow promoted to GM. 2016 Fellow Jessica Jess Laszewski is the new GM at WSAW in Wausau, WI!

Gray Media on Monday appointed Jessica Laszewski to general manager of WSAW, its CBS affiliate in Wausau, Wis., effective July 21. She has been news director at Gray’s WMTV Madison, Wis., since October 2017. Under her leadership, Gray said, WMTV “rose to No. 1 in news viewership and underwent a ...

07/06/2025

Congratulations to 2017 Fellow David Hughes. He's the new GM at WFSB in Hartford!

He succeeds Dana Neves, who recently became a senior managing vice president at Gray.

07/02/2025

Condolences to those who knew 2005 Fellow Kevin Brennan. He ran the WSAV newsroom in Savannah for 20 years and passed away last week.

WSAV mourns the loss of Kevin Brennan who served as News Director at WSAV for 20 years

06/23/2025

TEGNA just named three new VPs of Content and they're all Kneeland Fellows! Congratulations to 2020 Fellow Carol Fowler, 2006 Fellow Chris Pena, and 2019 Fellow Julie Wolfe!

TEGNA veterans Carol Fowler and Julie Wolfe and former Univision executive Chris Peña join the company’s content leadership team Tysons, Va. – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced the appointment of Carol Fowler, Julie Wolfe and Chris Peña as vice presidents of content, effective June 30. T...

06/17/2025

A delayed congratulations to 2024 Fellow Jim Bob Breazeale and his KRIS team for winning the prestigious Carole Kneeland award from the TAB!

06/12/2025

More Double Fellow News: Congratulations to 2022 Fellow Andrew Andrew LaCombe! He will replace 2011 Fellow Juli Buehler as the news director at WLUK in Green Bay.

Andrew LaCombe has been named news director for Sinclair’s Fox affiliate WLUK Green Bay, Wis. He was a political and investigative reporter for WLUK from 2013 until 2016. LaCombe rejoins the station from WLUC Marquette, Mich., where he was news director, leading the operation to four consecutive y...

06/03/2025

Another Double Kneeland Update! Congratulations to 2005 Fellow Joe Radske. He's headed to Green Bay as the News Director for WFRV. He replaces 2012 Fellow John Laughrin, who is leaving to start his own business.

05/30/2025

Congratulations to 2009 Fellow Sean McLaughlin. He's adding GM of KPRC in Houston to his role as VP of News for Graham.

Sean McLaughlin, Graham Media Group’s VP of news, will take on additional duties as VP-GM of KPRC, the group’s Houston NBC affiliate, on July 1.

05/21/2025

Congratulations to 2024 Fellow Jacklynn Sylvester. She's now the Assistant News Director at KSDK in St. Louis. She joins another 2024 Fellow, KSDK Director of Content, Morgan Schaab!

05/19/2025

Congratulations to TWO Kneeland Fellows! 2023 Fellow Joe Cowan is headed back to Atlanta as the news director for WSB. He'll replace 2013 Fellow Suzanne Lake Nadell who is leaving to pursue her career as an author and motivational speaker. Congratulations to you both!!

Cox Media Group announced that Joe Cowan will re-join its ABC affiliate WSB-TV Atlanta as news director, starting in mid-June. Cowan will be returning to the station after serving as the news director for WHIO Dayton, Ohio, another CMG station. “Joe is the perfect choice to be the next Channel 2 A...

04/23/2025

Congratulations to 2011 Fellow Mark Little. He's the new General manager at KWQC in the Quad Cities, Iowa!

Gray Media announced Monday the promotion of Mark Little to general manager of KWQC, the NBC affiliate in Davenport, Iowa, serving the Quad Cities market, effective May 1. For the past three years, he has been the News Director of WMC-TV Memphis. Little has been a leader in local television station...

04/18/2025

Here's a great read about former Kneeland board member Marci Christensen Burdick. In the words of KELO, she's a pioneer for women in news. Thanks Marci!
https://www.keloland.com/news/eye-on-keloland/christensen-burdick-helped-change-the-sd-media-world/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJvaapleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHuTMiBTJvx1KKb3en9r16axOYv7qrQwb4ViQ2vnI0YddkXTr4fNuISW4owIt_aem_R8OnMmFz-5q76SfHQprlxw

She is a pioneer for women in the newsroom in South Dakota where she has received many local, state, and national awards for both reporting and as a news manager.