Tegna’s Cleveland, Ohio NBC affiliate WKYC has promoted Julie Flynn to information director, efficient Monday, August 4.
Flynn has labored as assistant information director at WKYC since September 2023. Earlier than that, she was the station’s director of innovation, serving to to launch and curate the WKYC+ streaming app. Flynn additionally served as information director at WZZM 13, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2018 to 2022.
Her expertise within the Cleveland market spans greater than 15 years, together with serving as government producer at WKYC from December 2013 to December 2017, the place she managed the 11 p.m. newscast and Donovan Stay. She started her profession in Cleveland at WEWS rising by way of the ranks from project desk intern to producer over greater than a decade.
“Julie Flynn is a dynamic newsroom chief who represents the easiest of Cleveland. This metropolis is in her DNA,” stated John Trevino, president and normal supervisor of WKYC Studios. “Her deep native roots, editorial instincts, and forward-thinking strategy to content material make her the best selection to guide WKYC’s information crew. Julie has the belief of our journalists, a powerful imaginative and prescient for the long run, and a ardour for serving Northeast Ohio throughout each platform.”
“I’m thrilled to tackle this expanded function at WKYC, a station the place I’ve had the privilege of rising my profession,” stated Flynn. “Cleveland is my hometown, and I’m dedicated to delivering the tales that matter most to our neighborhood.”
