WJRT: Digital Sales Manager
WJRT - Flint, MI
Benesh, Frank
Died: December 2018
WXYZ: TV news director [1968 – ]
WJRT: News Director [1958-1968]
WNEM: News Director [ – 1958]
References:
Memorial Service Flyer (PDF) – from Vivian Hoze
- The Detroit Riots: 1967 Peabody Digest
Video recording located at the University of Georgia main library [OCLC 40400091]
“WXYZ-TV‘s coverage of the week-long Detroit riots of July, 1967 represented the most comprehensive single job of news reporting in the station’s history.”–1967 Peabody Digest. Captions identify footage from July 23 and 24. Sunset, night and sunrise segments indicate the passage of subsequent days. Includes footage of rioters, looters, burning storefronts and homes, firemen fighting the fires, policemen patrolling the streets, several interviews with onlookers, a brief interview with the governor and excerpts of his press conference.
Also includes footage of the arrival of federal troops and their patrols in the streets of Detroit, injured rioters and guards being loaded into ambulances, a woman driving through town holding a revolver, aerial views of the devastated downtown area, and prisoners at police headquarters. Reporter Ken Thomas discusses the emotions experienced by the WXYZ-TV staff who covered the riots. Concludes with footage of a police funeral. The majority of the footage is shown without narration.
Credits: Camera crew led by Ken Thomas; cameraman, John Braddock; soundman, Thomas O’Toole; additional cameramen, Michael Kalush, Ron Little; sound engineers, Bill Hevron, Edwin Scarth; assignment editor, Frank Benesh; film processor, Joe Doneth; film editors, Dean Erskine, Jim Powers; news messenger, Mike Sublett.
- Frank Benesh and Willim Fyffe
Edwards, Tara
WXYZ: TV news reporter.
WTAE: News reporter.
WNEM: News reporter/Anchor.
WSMH: News Reporter/Anchor.
WJRT: Newsroom Assistant
A lawsuit has been filed in US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against WXYZ-TV and it’s parent company Scripps Media, accusing them of failing to stop sexual harassment. [March 7, 2018]
“Attorney Geoffrey Fieger accused WXYZ-TV executives of covering up long-term sexual harassment by channel 7 morning news anchor Malcom Maddox because he was more important to them than the alleged victim — a female reporter.” [The Detroit Free Press, Kathleen Galligan, March 6, 2018 – Watch: Geoffrey Fieger and former WXYZ-TV reporter Tara Edwards address the media about Malcom Maddox lawsuit]
“Former WXYZ-TV reporter Tara Edwards has settled a $100 million lawsuit that claims she was subjected to almost daily sexual harassment and the station failed to adequately respond.” [The Metro Times, Steve Neavling, February 4, 2020 – Former WXYZ reporter settles $100M sexual harassment lawsuit]
References:
- Deadline Detroit, Allan Lengel, February 3, 2020 – Ex-WXYZ Reporter Tara Edwards Settles Sexual Harassment Suit Involving Anchor (PDF)
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