Konrad said he isn’t criticizing hard-edged journalists who go into tragedy and set aside their emotions in interviews with families of victims. “At the end of the day, I said screw this. “I’m a tender-hearted guy and my heart was broken for this woman and her daughter,” Konrad said during the interview. Konrad went back, apologized to the mother for asking about the killing, got the story, and soon left the news side of the business switching to meteorology at the encouragement of a friend who worked in the weather department in 1988. Reporting back to his editor without interviewing the mother, he was told to go back or be fired. And I am going to go ask her for an interview, to talk to me in the middle of all of this? It just didn’t sit well with me. … It was disturbing and sad to see all of this in front of me, right? Then I’m thinking, ah, somehow or another I have to talk to this lady who is in hysterics.
“I showed up with my camera and there was this 16-year-old boy dead on the front lawn of this house and his mother and sister were in hysterics and I pulled up with my camera to take pictures of it and I was supposed to interview the mom or get some sound from there,” Konrad said, noting the mother and daughter were distraught and he felt shamed by the assignment. The experience changed his life and his career, he said during a wide-ranging interview on the “It’s Not So Late Show” with Aaron Hanania this week. Only 22-years-old at the time, Konrad said he felt disturbed and shamed to ask the distraught and grieving mother about her son’s death as the boy’s body was on the front lawn of the woman’s home.
Paul Konrad, the 9-time Emmy Award winning Weather anchor for the WGN Morning News, said he left the news role and became a meteorologist after being interviewing a mother who had just lost her son to gun violence. WGN’s Paul Konrad offers deep look into his career on the “It’s Not So Late Show” with Aaron Hanania Nine time Emmy Award winning weatherman Paul Konrad talks about his career from news reporting to meteorology, his colleagues, and why the combination of serious news reporting and a strong edge of humor has made WGN Morning News the top-rated news program in Chicagoland during an appearance this week on the “It’s Not So Late Show” with Aaron Hanania. Two Guys on Politics Podcast: A Centrist View on Politics."He's a nice guy with a good sense of humor who I know will be missed," she said.Ĭontact Barry Courter at or 42. NewsChannel 9 on-air personality Kim Chapman said she and Smith work different schedules, but did know him to be a pleasure to be around. "You will still see me and (daughter) Addie getting into crazy things togetherand (wife) Becca off to the side making sure we stay in line."
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"I will still provide some weather updates, crack a few jokes, and we will still have fun," he posted. Smith posted on his Facebook that his page there will remain. "I love being a weatherman, but this is a great opportunity." "It's still my passion and what I love what to do," he said. 15 and said he is open to doing the part-time weatherman fill-in role again, if the new job allows for it down the line. Smith is scheduled to start his new gig on Aug. "I will focus on things to do, as well as education and connecting people with the outdoors," Smith said. Smith said that Mayor Tim Kelly and city officials view Chattanooga as a national park city, with more than 100 parks and miles of trails for hiking and biking, and plenty of trees and green spaces.
"This go around, there will be a lot more emphasis on connecting people to the parks and the outdoor opportunities," he said. He said that city officials reached out to see if he was interested in the position. "The new job will be similar to what I was doing before with the city," he said in a telephone interview. Smith left his job at WDEF News 12 Now in 2011 to take a similar position with the city before he started working part-time at NewsChannel 9 filling in for vacationing weather people. Meteorologist Brian Smith is leaving WTVC News Channel 9 and has taken a job as director of marketing and communications with the city of Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Department.
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