[StBernard] WVUE picks new news director

[Westley Annis]

WVUE picks new news director
Posted by Dave Walker, TV columnist, The Times-Picayune November 10, 2008
12:32PM

Mikel Schaefer, author of the 2007 book, "Lost in Katrina," was named
WVUE-Channel 8 will be the station's new news director. New Orleans Fox
network affiliate WVUE-Channel 8 has announced that Mikel Schaefer,
currently assistant news director at CBS affiliate WWL-Channel 4, will be
the station's new news director. 

He replaces Mimi Strawn, who departed WVUE in October for WAFF-TV in
Huntsville, Ala. 

A graduate of Chalmette High School and the University of New Orleans,
Schaefer is author of the 2007 book "Lost in Katrina," which recounted St.
Bernard Parish's experiences during the hurricanes of 2005.