Local TV has been a launchpad for many careers, including a couple of our favorite creatives: Jill Genter and Steve Donovan. In Jill's case it was also a tumbling pad and a great landing place for a decades-long career in Marketing and Creative Services. For Steve, working with Jill at WKOW-TV was the perfect place to build a foundation for a caree…

(Previously recorded April 17th) Join our conversation with Emmy Award Winning Reporter, Samara Sodos! Sam realized her elementary school reporting dreams with a career that's taken her across the country and world! Today, Sam teaches at the college level, is surprised at how much journalism school has changed since the "old days," plus Sam dishes …

Sandy Kowal of Simply Creative Production has done so much. Who knew? She started in TV News as a photographer, became the first Assistant News Director at WKOW-TV, and started her own production business. Plus, she's a heck of a musician and apparently, a set-up comedian...kinda? Find out more in this episode with Dan & Carrie. Subscribe to get NE…

Shannon Payette Seip's career path is like none other! From early days working in TV news, to creating the healthy, kid- focused restaurant chain, Bean Sprouts, to taking her musical theater dreams to the next level...hear what drives Shannon to live life to the fullest. Plus, hear how this fearless go-getter battles crippling stage fright (Disclai…

What did it take to put together a newscast back when Fleetwood Mac topped the charts? Photographer Gregg Schieve learned pretty quickly when he started in the film room at WKOW-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. Listen in as he talks to Dan and Carrie about his time in TV news, video production and his life-long pursuit of moving images. Subscribe to hear …

KETV Sports Director Andy Kendeigh joins us to talk about his 30+ year career in sports broadcasting. Find out what he learned from being fired as an intern and what he tells college students who want to follow in his footsteps. WATCH the episode with bonus videos and photos: https://youtu.be/zedRpXjvGyU On X: AKendeighKETV On Insta: @andykendeigh7…

From very small news markets to one of the largest, WBBM-TV Segment Producer Zak Spector has written and produced news stories about some of the biggest events of our time. This Chicago native made it back home after a stop working with Dan & Carrie in Madison. What advice does he have for young journalists? Find out! *Please tap the SUBSCRIBE butt…

Kit Kendeigh Beyer went from covering politics to working in politics. It wasn't easy leaving broadcasting...especially while working with her brother, Sports Anchor/Reporter Andy Kendeigh (featured in an upcoming episode)! Get a behind-the-scenes look at the world of political communications. Find out why Kit relates political speeches to writing …

Our guest this episode is former U.S. Congressman and award-winning TV reporter, Scott Klug. His podcast Lost in the Middle: America's Political Orphans explores how the U.S. got into the political mess it's in now. Klug unveils some of the turning points that seemingly sent our politics into a tailspin and talks to some people trying to turn thing…

Sports broadcaster Jay Wilson is a familiar face to TV viewers in Wisconsin. For nearly 40 years he covered the rise of the Badgers, Packers, Brewers and Bucks! You might know him from his reporting on games at your high school. Jay can still be seen on-air and online doing games on Big Ten Plus. But, in his retirement, he's mostly enjoying providi…

You may recognize our OLD NEWS guest from old TV shows like Saved by the Bell, Murder She Wrote, and My Two Dads! Or perhaps you recognize him from his days as our morning reporter on WKOW-TV’s 27 First News! Whether he was jumping out of airplanes, milking cows at the World Dairy Expo, or covering breaking news, this guy put a unique spin on his a…

Our guest this time started producing TV News and found his way to cable TV programs. Todd Vaske of Agile Video used to put the morning newscast together back when we were on air at WKOW-TV. Now he runs his own production business. You might notice a couple of themes lacing their way through this conversation. Bon Apetit! Click Subscribe to new pod…

In this episode, meet "Man of the Woods" Bill Sherck...our former newsroom colleague at WKOW-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. Being forced out of the news biz in Minneapolis ultimately led to Bill's dream job...telling incredible stories about the great outdoors through iconic shows including Minnesota Bound. Hear how he landed his incredible job with Ron…

Our guest in this episode is truly one-of-a-kind! FOX17's Chief Meteorologist, Kevin Craig has a classic broadcast story. From radio news to TV news to forecasting the weather, Kevin has seen a whole lot in his nearly 30-year career. Listen in as Dan & Carrie talk to their OLD NEWS colleague about his career journey and his life today! Watch on You…

Today we catch up with our OLD NEWS friend, Rena Sarigianopoulos! Rena is an award winning news reporter and anchor at KARE 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Join us as we chat about everything from running marathons to running her own camera as a “MSJ” (tune-in to learn what that means!?!) to what life is like today living and working in a #15 news ma…

His career sounds like an adventure novel. Broadcast journalist John Stofflet has literally been to the ends of the Earth and Timbuktu. With dozens of awards for reporting and newscasting, John completed a career that started in Madison by returning to anchor at WMTV-TV, the NBC affiliate. In between, he reported and hosted for Seattle's KING-TV, t…

THIS JUST IN... WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TO REPORT! Welcome to the intro episode - A.K.A. Episode #0 - of our brand new podcast: OLD NEWS with Dan & Carrie! Join us as we explain who we are, why we're launching this podcast, and what our plans are for future episodes! Please join us...and thank you for listening!…

This journalist is anything but old news! Lisa Fielding joins Dan and Carrie to share her fascinating career path that led her to her current role as a WBBM-Newsradio Chicago reporter and anchor. Lisa was a pioneer 20+ years ago when Fox expanded to local news. She shares her mental health struggles after the pandemic, her love for theater and the …