WKYC News & Notes: 8/14/14

By Frank Macek

It's time for another "behind the scenes" look at what's happening inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center.

Channel 3 with air the 2nd Browns preseason game against the Washington Redskins this Monday night, August 18th. Our Pregame Huddle will air from 7-8p (directed by Frank Macek and produced by Jeff Yakawiak) followed by ESPN's national production on WKYC beginning at 8p.

Channel 3 News will also be live next Thursday, August 21st, at 6p and 7p from FirstEnergy Stadium to show you all the new improvements the stadium this year. Our entire WKYC evening anchor team will broadcast live from the stadium on both editions of Channel 3 News.

We are seeing plenty of new faces at Channel 3 this month. Let's get you caught up.

Jiselle Macalaguin is joining the WKYC digital team as a Digital Content Producer starting August 18th. Mack comes to use as Internet Managing Editor at WNWO/NBC 24 in Toledo.

Lexxi Gilles recently joined our team as an assignment editor/multimedia journalist and producer. Grilles just graduated from Kent State University and worked at Channel 3 News as an intern this past semester.

Claire Donovan

"Live on Liveside" executive producer Claire Donovan has new duties. Donovan is joining the weekend morning news team as producer of our expanded weekend morning news starting September 6th. She'll team up with current weekend morning producer Maggie Traynor to bring Northeast Ohio several more hours of news, weather and sports information every Saturday and Sunday.

Two of our station's employees have reached milestones this month. Sue Stachurski is celebrating 30 years at WKYC, while Vera Barile has reached 35 years. Both work in our business offices and have been mainstays of the station through several ownership changes from NBC to Multimedia to Gannett.

And our sales team has been busy welcoming three new faces. John Hollabaugh (an avid Director's Cut Blog reader), Eric Mohre and Jennifer Nopper have recently joined the team. Both Hollabaugh and Mohre will be selling our fabulous on-air and digital products, while Nopper will be our specialist for all digital products and specifically G/O Digital.

Finally, our congratulations to WKYC multimedia journalist A.J. Ross who is leaving us to join WABC-TV in New York City. Ross joined the Channel 3 News team in April 2013 after leaving her hometown station of WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and the New Pittsburgh Courier newspaper where she was also a freelance reporter.

WKYC 2013 Health and Wellness Expo

Mark your calendars! The 2nd annual WKYC Health and Wellness Expo will be held on Saturday, September 6th from 10 am until 5 p.m.

The Cleveland Convention Center will come alive again this year with free health screenings, interactive exhibits and fun activities for the whole family.

This free event will include: Free health screenings, interactive family fun – a rock wall, cooking stage, soccer field and more, a chance to meet the WKYC-TV team. Plus, kids of all ages can try their hand at weather and sports anchoring!

Get more information about the event HERE: http://www.wkyc.com/local/health-expo

Your Director's Cut Blogger will be at the event on Saturday, September 6th, from 2p to 5p at the on-air production center. Stop by and say hello!

That's the latest for now. Go Browns!

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