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Employees said a WOOD-TV (Channel 8) memo, which the Free Press has obtained, was sent to them Tuesday and asked staff to "do some work to discern the newsworthy-ness" of Pride events.
WOOD TV8 launched the streaming app WOOD TV+ on Fire TV, Roku and Apple TV. You can now watch all News 8 newscasts and eightWest live on WOOD TV+ along with original WOOD TV programming and your ...
News broke Thursday, June 29, that Grand Rapids-based outlet WOOD TV-8 has fired both the officials responsible for a controversial Pride Month memo and those accused of leaking it. The outlet ...
Producers and reporters within WOOD-TV’s newsroom decided not to follow the mandate, and moved forward with Pride Month coverage in spite of the memo. The Desk was the first to publish the memo ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Longtime WOOD-TV 8 meteorologist Terri DeBoer is retiring from broadcast news after three decades sharing the morning weather forecast with viewers across West Michigan.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Holland Sentinel is a content partner of WOOD TV-8. GRAND RAPIDS — A local TV station is coming under fire, from the public and employees, for reportedly telling reporters to ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The parent company of WOOD-TV defended its firing of two news directors over a controversial memorandum on coverage of Pride month events. Newstar Media Inc. has asked a ...