WTHR reporter, anchor McCutcheon leaves for life sciences job
Matt McCutcheon, a reporter and anchor for WTHR-TV Channel 13 since 2013, says he has “retired” from the news industry and is taking a corporate communications gig.
Matt McCutcheon, a reporter and anchor for WTHR-TV Channel 13 since 2013, says he has “retired” from the news industry and is taking a corporate communications gig.
The weekend anchor and weekday reporter at Channel 13 since 2017 is leaving to take a position in her hometown.
Ben Hill, who has co-anchored WTHR-TV Channel 13’s morning weekday news since 2016, is leaving Indianapolis for an anchor job in Nashville, Tennessee, WTHR announced Tuesday.
Longtime anchor Ray Cortopassi is leaving for a job as an anchor in his hometown of Chicago, where he’ll remain with Nexstar Broadcasting.
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Kevin Rader, a fixture at WTHR-TV Channel 13 since 1990, said he would remain in Indiana but would be leaving television news in July.
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WTHR-TV Channel 13 said it would no longer use a dedicated person for traffic coverage as part of a strategic shift.
Indianapolis Public Schools said schools remained open, but students who are unable to get to them because of no buses would not be marked absent.
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The move is the latest of numerous staff changes Nexstar Media Group has made since acquiring the Indianapolis television station less than four months ago.
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An Indianapolis native, DuJuan McCoy expects to use his status as a local owner and the wisdom he’s acquired as a national turnaround artist to improve the station’s fortunes.
TV news veteran Karen Campbell announced on social media Thursday that she will join WTHR-TV Channel 13 beginning Aug. 5. In addition, WTHR is adding multimedia journalist Sarah Jones in September.
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