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Investigative reporter Nanci Wilson departs KXAN
Investigative reporter Nanci Wilson and KXAN have parted ways.
Nanci Wilson
Wilson, whose work was nominated for a Lone Star Emmy award earlier this month, joined the NBC affiliate’s news team in 2009 after a stint at KEYE.
“I’ll miss my friends at KXAN, and I wish them well,” she wrote in an email. “I’m proud to have had the opportunity to work on stories that revealed issues and led to positive changes, such as Capital Metro (when it was under a different administration), the wrongful conviction of Michael Morton and the actual salaries paid to local school superintendents.”
Eric Lassberg, KXAN’s vice president and general manager, told the American-Statesman Wilson will be replaced. The station rebranded its newscasts this summer and has focused heavily on investigative journalism in recent months.
“We are 100 percent committed to investigative reporting and have a team in place to continue investigating local matters of importance,” he said. “We plan to hire a new lead investigative reporter and look forward to improving our service to the viewers.”
Wilson’s sudden exit comes just weeks after weathercaster Rhonda Lee abruptly disappeared from the station’s weekend morning newscasts. She had been with KXAN for about a year.
Lee’s position is already posted at kxan.com.
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By Why
October 15, 2011 2:53 PM | Link to this
If KXAN let Nanci Wilson go, they are not actually "committed to investigative reporting" at all. We'll be watching. Or not ...
By threadman
October 12, 2011 10:24 PM | Link to this
So the one aggressive reporter in town leaves. Great. This Wilson lady kicked *** on those investigative reports.