If you have the time...you can read through all of the Houston media job changes I tracked through 2018. And there are a lot of them. Ten years ago, I don't think I could have compiled a list anywhere near this size. There are so many changes, that even I can go through it and say, "Oh yeah, I forgot that happened this year!"
JANUARY 2018
- Taisha Walker joins KPRC
- Sofia Ojeda returns to KPRC weekend morning anchor desk
- Anoushah Rasta joins NBC Bay Area
- Janel Forte joins KHOU + new set
- Minerva Pérez Joins NHMC Board of Directors
- Josh Chapin exits KHOU 11
- Brian Collister leaving KXAN Austin
- Noel Ramos promoted to KTMD assistant news director
- Shelley Childers joins KTRK abc13
- Dave Ward named grand marshal of Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo parade
- Mayor names Mary Benton interim press secretary
- Wayne Dolcefino joins Quanell X on FOX 26's 'FOX Faceoff'
FEBRUARY 2018
- KENS 5 traffic anchor Chelsey Hernandez joins KTRK abc13 as a consumer reporter
- Houston TV journalists strike out on their own, and open up to mikemcguff.com about making money, including turning on a paywall
- WFMZ 69 News Lehigh Valley, PA reporter Maria Salazar joins FOX 26 as a general assignment reporter
- WCBS New York reporter Jessica Borg joins KHOU 11
- Former KPRC 2 reporter Jennifer Bauer reports from scene of horrible Florida high school shooting
- FOX 26 KRIV reporter Stephen Morgan filled-in as the meteorologist
- Rebecca Spera shows off baby #2
- Owen Conflenti announces baby
MARCH 2018
- Former KLOL Personality Dayna Steele Wins Texas Democratic Primary
- Kevin Quinn resigns from KTRK abc13
- Houston Mayor Sylvester appoints former KPRC 2 reporter Mary Benton press secretary
- Kitirik, 86, still in the hearts of Houston TV viewers
- KHOU GM Susan McEldoon announces retirement
- Levi Ismail joins KHOU 11
- KHOU 11's new station address will be 5718 Westheimer - between Chimney Rock and Bering
APRIL 2018
- David Gonzalez joins KHOU 11
- Natasha Barrett leaves KTRK 13
- Brittany Jeffers joins KPRC 2
- Branch Davidian standoff remembered by Texas TV journalists who were there
- Lisa Vaughn exits FOX 26 KRIV
- New KHOU 11 graphics 2018
- 2018 Texas RTDNA Regional Murrow Award winners
MAY 2018
- CW 39 KIAH NewsFix's Natalie Hee joins FOX 26 KRIV as a reporter
- KHOU 11's investigative reporter Scott Noll leaves station for new job
- Dave Ward’s year since leaving channel 13
-Rebecca Spera decides not to renew her abc13 KTRK contract
- Two Houston DJs And Two Precinct 1 Constables Spend Three Days Homeless On Streets of Houston
- Don Nelson recalls his Rockets head shave
- Is that Fox 26's Mike Iscovitz or Eddie Van Halen?
- 10pm newscast producer Sindy Espinoza moves up to Executive Producer
- Ken Hoffman #4 Houston Chronicle columnist?
- Telemundo Houston travelling to Russia for World Cup 2018
- Harris County jurors get Dave Ward appearance
- KPRC 2 meteorologist Eric Braate is runner up for Texas in 2018 HAIRRY Awards
- KHOU 11 demolition photos
- KPRC 2 assistant news director Mike Friedrich is making a career pivot
- A 101 KLOL video podcast by the mastermind behind the legendary Houston rock station
JUNE 2018
- Kevin Quinn leaves KTRK 13, joins Harris County Precinct 1
- KHOU 11's Melissa Correa opens up about her mental health
- Director of social media production
- Jake Reiner leaving KPRC 2
- Darby Douglas exits KHOU 11
- 2018 Lone Star Awards announced by Houston Press Club
- Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome
- KPRC's Sara Donchey is expecting
- KLOL would get ratted out by the Houston Chronicle in the 1970s
- Thanks to KPRC 2 for covering my mom's Alzheimer's story
- Jennifer Reyna is not leaving KPRC 2; has a new Facebook page
- KPRC 'Houston Life' changes coming
- Charly Edsitty joins abc13 KTRK
JULY 2018
- Tim Heller to leave abc13 KTRK in January 2019
- Where is Greg Bailey on abc13 KTRK?
- Sally Mamdooh joins KPRC 2
- Bobby Springer new KHOU 11 station manager
- TV talent fashion advice from the pros
- Former Houston journalists start “What’s Left America” podcast
- Aaron Wische named KPRC 2 Assistant News Director
- David Paul's new haircut was a happy accident
AUGUST 2018
- Doug Miller named Rice University director of news and media relations
- Telemundo Houston's Martín Berlanga to leave KTMD
- Butch Alsandor & Jorge Vargas to call TSU football on AT&T SportsNet
- Katherine Marchand joins abc13 KTRK
- 'Dave Ward's Houston' to launch on abc13 KTRK
- KPRC 2's new dog, Tex, joins Houston Life
- Sara Donchey has her baby
- Lina De Florias joins FOX 26
- Good news for Greg Bailey!
- abc13 KTRK to debut 3pm newscast
- KHOU 11 reveals what happened during Harvey evacuation
- Sherry Williams is leaving KHOU 11
- KHOU 11's Sherry Williams joins HISD
SEPTEMBER 2018
- Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 inductees
- Frank Billingsley diagnosed with prostate cancer
- Former KIAH GM Roger Bare to head Bayou City Art Festivals
- NewsFix and morning dose cancelled by Tribune
- Former Houston TV staffers land gigs in Florida
- Sara Donchey leaves KPRC 2
- NewsFix signs off, plus remembering the old 39 News
- KTRK photographer Jaime Zamora calls it a career after 38 years
- Former KHOU photographer lives "Life Below Zero"
- Tom Zizka moving to weekends
- KTXH bringing back that 20 Vision feeling
- 'Wake Up! With SallyMac & Lina' debuts Monday on FOX 26 KRIV
- Telemundo Houston and Entercom radio team up
- In 'Santa Fe Strong,' KHOU follows the high school football team after shooting tragedy
- KHOU Avenida Studio in downtown Houston debuts
OCTOBER 2018
- Leigh Frillici signs off from KPRC 2
- Greg Bailey returns to KTRK...again
- Erica Simon is pregnant
- Michelle Margaux will serve as in-game reporter for Houston Rockets games
- Foti Kallergis leaves abc13 KTRK for PR role
- Darby Douglas gets a new grandson
- Houston Chronicle editor Nancy Barnes named NPR's SVP of News and Editorial Director
- CW 39's Maggie Flecknoe is a survivor
- Alejandro Mendoza joins Telemundo Houston KTMD
- KHOU 11's Ron Trevino is married!
- Sharron Melton returns to Houston TV on CW 39 KIAH
- Adam Clanton and Theresa from The Buzz have a baby
- TJ Parker joins abc13 KTRK
NOVEMBER 2018
- Jerry Vazquez on the rise of Telemundo Houston
- Stefania Okolie joins abc13 KTRK
- Lindsey Day joins CW 39 KIAH Morning Dose
- Stephanie Simmons joins KHOU 11
- Texas Radio Hall of Fame 2018 highlight videos
- Why Ilona Carson is no longer on the 10pm news
- Don Kobos honored in Lone Star EMMY Chapter Silver Circle
- Samica Knight returns to abc13 KTRK
- Dave Ward announces new book 'Good Evening, Friends'
- iHeartMedia Houston and the Houston Astros extend partnership
- Telemundo Houston takes home 15 Lone Star EMMYS
- InnovationMap launches from Gow Media
- Natasha Barrett joins city of Baytown
- Christine Noël joins KPRC 2
- WFAA's Carolyn Mungo News Director of the Year 2018
- Univision 45 November 2018 sweeps victories
- Telemundo Houston releases November 2018 sweeps wins
- Lainie Fritz gets her ring
- Lance Roberts rejoins 700 KSEV
- VIDEO: KHOU 11 returns to air during Hurricane Harvey
- Craig Hlavaty leaves Houston Chronicle for HMNS
DECEMBER 2018
- Carlos Robles promoted to Telemundo Houston chief meteorologist
- Frank Billingsley announces he is cancer free
- Chelsey Hernandez appears in new movie
- Hannah Trippett joins CW39 KIAH's 'Morning Dose'
- KPRC 2 celebrates 70th anniversary as Houston's first station
- Rachel McNeill officially signs off KPRC 2
- The Brooks Garner baby is here
- Steve Simon returns to CW39 KIAH as news director
- Trey Serna returns to CW39 as senior producer and talent
- Rachel Briers joins abc13 KTRK
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