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Who are your favorite TV show journalists?

by Kristen Hare Published Sep. 19, 2014 10:39 am

Today is the anniversary of the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show, which debuted in 1970. Poynter’s David Shedden wrote about the show and the recognition it received for today’s media history post. In February, Poynter’s Roy Peter Clark wrote about how journalists are shown in House of Cards. And on Wednesday, Lloyd Grove wrote about a new pack of TV and movie journalists for The Daily Beast.

There’s a lot to choose from, so who are your favorite journalists from sitcoms or dramas?

I have three.

Paris Geller (from The Gilmore Girls. is also a favorite, but Paris was a super- journo.) There are a lot of great moments from Paris and Rory’s time at The , but they started in high school.

Betty Suarez (from Ugly Betty.) Betty starts as a secretary at a New York fashion mag, but works her way up and into the magazine’s masthead:

And Les Nessman (from WKRP in Cincinnati. Love the bow tie).

Who are your picks? (I’ve written about a few before, but I know there are lots more.) Email or tweet me your picks and I’ll pull together a collection.

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