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Austin360 blogs > TV Blog > Archives > 2010 > December > 15 > Entry

Lesley McCaslin leaves News 8 Austin

By Dale Roe | Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 07:10 PM

Sports reporter Lesley McCaslin has left News 8 Austin, the local news arm of Time Warner Cable, after an impasse in contract negotiations.

“It was my decision, but a mutual ‘we just can’t come to terms on this,’” said McCaslin, who walked out Wednesday afternoon after three and a half years at the station.

Her departure comes just over two weeks after former News Director Kevin Benz left News 8, saying he and the station “decided to part ways.” News 8 is currently going through a change in management and a re-branding to Your News Now (YNN), an effort that has already taken place at TWC news outlets in New York and North Carolina.

McCaslin hopes to be back on the air soon, preferably in Austin.

“I’m going to celebrate Christmas and then I’m going to get right back to work. I love reporting; that’s what I want to do,” she said. “This wasn’t an easy situation. It was really just about … I have to do what’s best for my future. The fact that there may be other bigger possibilities out there for me — I’ve got to be able to look into those. It’s definitely a leap of faith.”

McCaslin said she remains on good terms with her former News 8 cohorts.

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