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  • Alex Bozarjian, news reporter slapped by runner on live TV: "He took my power"

    12/10/2019 11:24:39 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 89 replies
    cbs ^ | 12/10/2019
    Reporter Alex Bozarjian said she was in "disbelief" when a man, who was running in the Savannah race she was covering on Saturday, moved behind her and appeared to slap her on the butt. "He took my power, and I'm trying to take that back," Bozarjian said Tuesday on "CBS This Morning," adding, "I think what it really comes down to is that he helped himself to a part of my body." Bozarjian filed a police report Monday, and the man, Tommy Callaway, was banned from future Savannah Sports Council races. Callaway's lawyer said: "While we regret the situation, Mr....
  • My cross to bear – why I no longer hide my faith in the newsroom

    03/22/2014 11:30:56 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 40 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/16/14 | Lauren Ashburn
    ...As a practicing Catholic, I began my career in local TV newsrooms where I quickly learned...religious beliefs are something you keep to yourself. ...I never thought that wearing a cross necklace would be considered “flashy.” The first time I wore one to work, I was told to take it off because it would be distracting to the audience. I wanted to keep my TV job so much; I did it. It didn’t seem to matter to management that I wasn’t covering religion. While putting the cross -- given to me by my parents -- in my purse, I told myself...
  • Police: CBS reporter charged with DUI, battery

    01/05/2014 5:58:42 AM PST · by KeyLargo · 17 replies
    chicago tribune ^ | Jan 5, 2013 | Adam Sege
    Police: CBS reporter charged with DUI, battery By Adam Sege Tribune reporter 1:53 a.m. CST, January 5, 2014 An investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago was charged with driving under the influence and endangering the lives of children after a minor accident outside a Naperville fast food restaurant early Saturday, police said. Dave Savini, whose age was not released, was arrested shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday after fleeing the scene of the accident, Naperville Police Department Cmdr. Jason Arres said. Police were alerted about 12:20 a.m. to an incident involving Savini and another driver in the parking lot of a...
  • LONGTIME NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT JOHN PALMER DIES

    08/04/2013 3:29:47 AM PDT · by ~Vor~ · 20 replies
    AP ^ | Aug. 3 10:01 PM EDT | By JESSICA GRESKO and FRAZIER MOORE
    WASHINGTON (AP) — John Palmer, a veteran reporter for NBC News who covered wars and Washington over a career that spanned 40 years, died Saturday after a brief illness at a Washington hospital.
  • Sarah McClendon: 1910-2003; Reporter had a need to know - Clinton in cross hairs

    01/09/2003 1:59:45 AM PST · by MeekOneGOP · 5 replies · 3,969+ views
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 9, 2003 | The Dallas Morning News Staff
    Sarah McClendon: 1910-2003Reporter had a need to know Tenacious Texan grilled and amused presidents, cut path for newswomen 01/09/2003 By CARL P. LEUBSDORF / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Sarah McClendon, the colorful and aggressive Texas reporter whose pointed questioning bedeviled and amused presidents and other officials for nearly six decades, died Wednesday at age 92. She died at the VA Medical Center here where she had been hospitalized for several weeks, a hospital spokeswoman said. Her daughter, Sally MacDonald, said the cause of death was pneumonia. "She died with her nail polish on," Ms. MacDonald said. "She...