Fresh from critical acclaim for its around-the-clock coverage of the I-35W bridge disaster, KSTP-TV fired news director Chris Berg today. Berg’s departure had been predicted , and several insiders believe he was scheduled for termination August 2, but was kept on an additional few days as his staff stayed on the bridge story.(August 1 was the official end of the July ratings period.)
Berg had been with KSTP for just over four years. In that time the station’s news ratings had continued a decade-or-longer downward slide, but a consensus of his staff seems to be that he did a solid, professional job with too little imaginative support from upper management.
No replacement has been named.
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