Thanks Paul for mentioning Final Edition tomorrow at 5 o'clock.  And yes, our website still looks like middle school stuff, but it works. Most of the time. Cool lavender or green or strange color anyway. 

Yes, Julie will be on. She says it'll be the last time she talks publicly about this. It won't be very easy for her.  Duke Skorich and UWS instructor and former TV news director Joel Anderson will also be on.

Daniel,

Let me explain: "Final Edition" is a term used in news media - traditionally in the newspaper business - to denote the last "edition" or "printing" of a day. 

Your "humor" is dumb and offensive.

Personally, I'm not sure why one person's firing is such public business.

I agree with Bad Cat!. Lots of good people lose their job every day. *I* once lost MY job (imagine!). It doesn't make the evening news. Nor should it.

I want to know what in Danny's comment was so offensive. To me it just seems like Stevorini  is being ultra-sensitive, or is this just "inside baseball" stuff?

I like this website, which is, by the way, extremely "inside baseball" on Midwest Media Matters, so far inside I have to guess at half of the personality references and inferences, still it's fascinating. Here's their Moravchik post:  

http://www.redandnater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=77108

In response to a couple of comments - the issue is not the firing of one person, but instead the effect that firing is going to have on local journalism.

Julie Moravchik was the founder and director of the Fox 21 news operation - so, naturally, her firing brings questions of the future of that news operation.

Fox is the first new news operation in Duluth in decades - it has provided coverage of different stories than other outlets, kept WDIO on its toes, and has given viewers an important alternative to the ever-sinking KBJR / KDLH (it's already equaling - or beating - KBJR and KDLH in the ratings).

So what's going to happen now? What "new direction" does Fox management want? THAT is the big question at hand.

Danny is a troll who squats on all the local blogs, making inflammatory comments to provoke people, so he can then make fun of them and insult them. He thinks this kind of behavior makes him some kind of player on the Duluth scene. Best to ignore him, he won't go away.

I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but damn.  And they kept Browall of all people.   Looks like we've got lots to talk about on Final Edition today.  Damn.

Mike, doesn't Final Edition run at other times besides Friday when you tape it? I am eager to listen. but won't be near a radio Friday at 5 pm. . .

Hello everyone.  This is Julie Moravchik.  This has been an incredibly difficult time for me, I miss the home I built and I miss my crew.  I don't know if I'll ever understand what happened here.  I am also heartbroken to hear about Rob Karwath.  Overall it has been a very bad week for the Northland, because when you lose seasoned veterans in the news business, it's not good for our area.  Thanks for all your support.  This is a tough business when you stand up for ethics in journalism.  But there is only one way to do a newscast, the right way or not at all.

To me, from experience, this town seems to fear honest success. Julie and Rob as examples, when moving in the right direction, companies start thinking a change needs to happen, either to get a jump on what's already happening or to take the credit for where the company will eventually end up due to the hard work of everyone at the bottom. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

"The most valuable assets of our company cannot be found on our balance sheets, for our most important assets are our people. No matter how much profit a company makes, if it doesn't enrich the lives of its people, that company has failed."

- Mary Kay Ash

Being fired for refusing to lie to the public (mislead with stories about advertisers) is technically not illegal.

This documentary touches upon it, plus corporate "personhood." The Corporation.

I liked that news program.  They did alot of stories about people that were building and contributing to our community and it had alot of less feel of "just the news" and more of a "This is Duluth and its people" feel if that makes sense.

Kinda off the subject...

Does anyone know how to get ahold of Julie? She covered one story of mine in the past also went to UWS with her. Now I need a news person/publicist to help me with a big charity project. 

If anyone has contact with her, please tell her to contact Cory Johnson at [email protected].

Thanks a ton all.

Thanks Mike.

Please pass my congratulations on to her.

Different direction includes no Julie Moravchik, who is now married, raising a beautiful son and writing a column for Women Today, no Beth Jett, who left for Huntsville and is also raising a beautiful child, a daughter, executive producer Jon Ellis has left for WDIO to be the assistant News Director.  They still have quality photogs but Nick LaFave is no longer reporting but producing.  They have a 6 o'clock newscast now but with no significant staff additions.  I'm glad they're still alive and kicking.