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Sometimes I feel a change coming on.

Typically that manifests itself by moving to a new apartment. There was a period where I lived in a different apartment every two years. There was also a time where I switched jobs every two years.

As I’ve gotten older those changes happen slower. Writing for West Virginia Watchdog is the longest job I’ve worked since my very first job, McDonald’s. I worked that job for three years: 1998-2001.

I’ve been at my current job just short of three years. My current apartment is the longest placed I’ve lived in one place since my Williams Street apartment in Parkersburg. Charleston is home and likely will be for many more years.

And now, after three years of working with online alternative media, I will be returning to the mainstream media in two weeks.

I’ve accepted a job as a producer for WOWK-TV 13 News. This will be my first time working in the TV news field, and I’m looking forward to the challenge.

It’s bittersweet. I love my current job, but I felt a change was in order. I miss being part of a team, the atmosphere of a news room, and the fun nature of broadcast. I’ve been on my own for three years, much liked a downed pilot behind enemy lines. I’ve made the best of it, and as a result I’ve earned the trust of the people I cover.

But it’s time to head back to civilization. WOWK is a CBS affiliate and an Associated Press member. I’ll be producing the morning news program and the weekly political show. I’ll have to utilize all the skills I learned when doing radio. I’m also reading “Heat & Light, Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists,” by Mike Wallace and Beth Knobel. It has some great advice for doing TV news, considering it was co-written by the famous CBS 60 Minutes reporter and a former CBS producer.

So, here is to a new chapter in my life. I started out in newspaper, then radio, then online, and now TV.