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Veteran marketing and creative executive Drew Fowler has been named marketing director for Nexstar Media’s Indianapolis businesses: WXIN (Fox 59), WTTV (CBS 4) and their respective websites.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include management and staff openings in operations and engineering, IT, digital, news, sales and maintenance support for stations owned by CBS and Nexstar in desirable locations.

Erik Candiani has been named director of brand strategy & management for KCBS and KCAL, the CBS Los Angeles duopoly. He will be responsible for helping to build and manage a clear brand strategy for the Los Angeles properties.

I follow more than 500 TV stations’ Facebook pages and what I see every day are countless examples of news coverage about the coronavirus. All necessary, all important. But what I want to share are examples of the more practical posts on how to cope with the disruptions, and the measures some are taking to help each other.

A search of YouTube reveals some recent news image spots on the air in Australia, Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Sacramento and Jacksonville.