CBS Atlanta wants its viewers to know that it’s hiring, what it said is a “team deeply connected to the city and its surrounding communities.”
Beginning Saturday, August 16, the switch to CBS Atlanta (WUPA, channel 69) will happen and on Monday, August 18, viewers will see local weather coverage during CBS MORNINGS, ahead of the station’s full news launch in September.
“We aren’t just hiring a team – we are building one from the community,” said Jennifer Mitchellpresident of CBS Stations. “They’re here to listen, serve and tell stories that matter.”
CBS wanted to point out that one of its key hires was Nichole Green as assistant news director. She comes from CBS New York. It also hired Lea-Anne Jackson as creative services director. Jackson is a longtime Atlanta resident with a deep storytelling background and three decades in the market. She has worked at WUPA for the past five years.
The station group also hired Alex Sanz as managing editor. Sanz is a veteran journalist and multiplatform leader with a dozen years in Atlanta, including roles at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Associated Press.
CBS Atlanta also welcomes Troy Bridges as meteorologist. Bridges joins from owned station CBS Detroit. Bridges began his career in Macon and Augusta before leading weather teams in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida.
“I am so excited to return to my home state and to be part of the launch of CBS News Atlanta,” said Bridges. “As a proud Georgia Bulldog, I enthusiastically look forward to delivering weather forecasts to the city I love.”
CBS transitions its network programming in Atlanta beginning August 16 to WUPA, Channel 69. CBS Atlanta news operation launches in September.
