*ANNESS*) WISH-TV IS
EXCITED TO MAKE A
GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS.
*MIK*) WE ARE PROUD TO
TELL YOU THAT WE ARE ADDING A
MULTICULTURAL REPORTER TO OUR
NEWSROOM, THE FIRST TELEVISION
REPORTING POSITION OF ITS KIND
IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. LET'S
WELCOME IN OUR OWN BROOKE
MARTIN... THIS IS A BIG DEAL..
*BROOK*) IT IS. WE ARE
EXPANDING OUR NEWSROOM TO
INCLUDE A REPORTER WHO IS
DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE WE'RE
TELLING THE FANTASTIC STORIES
FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
IN OUR STATE. THE STORIES THAT
ARE FAR TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
THE NEW OWNER OF WISH TV NEWS 8
DUJUAN MCCOY IS A LOCAL GUY,
HE GRADUATED FROM BEN DAVIS
HIGH SCHOOL AND BUTLER
UNIVERSITY. COMING BACK TO
INDIANAPOLIS, COMING HOME
MEANS CREATING NEW
OPPORTUNITIES AND MEETING NEW
RESPONSIBILITIES ((/ 14 28 29
FOR ME AS AN OWNER IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ENSURE
THAT MY STATIONS THAT I OWN
ARE, WE ARE A STATION FOR THE
PEOPLE OKAY AND BEING A
STATION FOR THE PEOPLE WE WANT
TO REPRESENT EVERY COMMUNITY
EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE
POSSIBLY CAN WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY OKAY AND OFTEN TIMES
MULTI CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
DON'T GET FAIRLY REPRESENTED
ON NEWS OKAY SO THIS IS MY
OPPORTUNITY HIRE AN EXCLUSIVE
MULTI CULTURAL REPORTER THAT
WILL REPORT NOT ONLY ON THE
BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
MULTI CULTURAL COMMUNITIES BUT
POSITIVE THINGS AS WELL :))
THIS REPORTER WILL BE THE
FIRST AND ONLY MULTI CULTURAL
REPORTER IN THE STATE. MAYOR
JOE HOGSETT RELEASED A
STATEMENT THAT SAYS" (GRAPHIC)
I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT IS A
LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED
WISH TV WHO IS THE FIRST IN
OUR STATE TO HAVE A DEDICATED
REPORTER FOR SUCH ISSUES
AFFECTING OUR DIVERSE
POPULATIONS" THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
IS THE FIRST STEP IN AN
UNPRECEDENTED LOCAL NEWS
EXPANSION, ONE THAT'S ONLY
POSSIBLE THROUGH LOCAL
OWNERSHIP. , GLORIA JIMENEZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INDIANA
LATINO EXPO WELCOMES THE NEW
COVERAGE. ((/ 12 02 34 THERE
ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS,
BUT ALSO A LOT NEWS NOT JUST
ONCE A WEEK BUT EVERYDAY WITH
THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY THE LATINOS THE
BURMESE COMMUNITY THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY :)) NEWS
8'S ASHLEY BROWN IS THE FIRST
AND ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN
FEMALE CHIEF METEOROLOGIST IN
THE MARKET. SHE ALSO GREW UP
HERE, ((/ 06 24 04 I WOULD
JUST SAY THAT I'AM VERY PROUD
TO WORK FOR A STATION THAT IS
COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND
COMMITTED TO HIRING SOMEONE
THAT IS A MULTI CULTURAL
REPORTER THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
DONE BEFORE AND I THINK IT IS
GOING TO TELL THE STORIES OF
THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
WHERE I GREW UP :)) CHRIS
PAULSEN OF INDIANA YOUTH GROUP
SAYS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
WELCOMES A NEW DIVERSE VOICE
TO THE INDIANAPOLIS MEDIA
LANDSCAPE ((/ 13 52 26 IT WILL
BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN
TOWN THAT CAN LOOK AT ISSUES
THAT DONT GET COVERED ALOT IN
AN INDEPTH FASHION :)) DUJUAN
MCCOY IS A HANDS ON OWNER AND
WILL HAVE A SAY IN THE HIRING
PROCESS, OUR VICE PRESIDENT
AND GENERAL MANAGER RANDY
INGRAM IS HOPING TO HAVE THE
NEW MULTI CULTURAL REPORTER IN
PLACE SOON IN= (( 11 05 43 YA
KNOW WE HAVE GROWN OUR NEWS
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO
PROVIDE THE MOST IN THE MARKET
ON A DAILY BASIS AND THIS IS
SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAVING A
MULTI CULTURAL REPORTER WILL
ADD TO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE
ABLE TO GET OUT TO WHERE THE
OTHER FOLKS MIGHT NOT FIND A
STORY AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE
TO GO OUT AND SERVE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT ARE
OUT THERE AND MAKE UP
INDIANAPOLIS :)) THERE AND
MAKE UP INDIANAPOLIS
*BROOK*) HERE'S A
STATEMENT JUST SENT TO OUR
NEWS ROOM FROM TANYA BELL, THE
PRESIDENT & CEO INDIANA BLACK
EXPO, INC. "WE ARE EXCITED TO
LEARN THAT WISHT-TV HAS MADE
AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE TO HIRE
INDIANA'S FIRST MULTICULTURAL
TELEVISION REPORTER. WITH A
FOCUS ON DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION IN ITS NEWS
REPORTING, MORE HOUSEHOLDS
WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR UNTOLD
AND AUTHENTIC STORIES ABOUT
THE MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
IN INDIANA. KUDOS TO WISH-TV!"
*ALL 4 ADLI*)
*ANNESS*) STILL AHEAD ON
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