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CW11/WPIX NAMES JAMES FORD REPORTER

Contact: Jessica Bellucci 212-210-2626 jbellucci@tribune.com

New York, NY – November 13, 2007 - CW11/WPIX's Emmy Award winning "CW11 Morning News" is pleased to announce the appointment of James Ford as General Assignment Reporter.

Ford, who had been a freelance reporter for CW11/WPIX since February of this year, now joins the news team on a full-time basis, reporting for the "CW11 Morning News" five days a week, covering breaking news as well as feature stories.

Prior to his position at WPIX, Ford was a reporter for six years at WNYW Channel 5 in New York, where his reporting on September 11th was the subject of the documentary "Dreams Without Sleep," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.

Ford, an Emmy Award-winning reporter, began his television reporting career in 1991 at WTOC-TV in Savannah, GA, where he was a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Two years later he went to WFTV, Channel 9 in Orlando, FL, where he was the station's Space Coast bureau chief. While in Orlando, he field-anchored coverage of forty-one space shuttle launches at the Kennedy Space Center.

In 1997, Ford moved to WRTV Channel 6 in Indianapolis, where he anchored the morning news and was a consumer investigative reporter. He also frequently reported from the station's helicopter and is an accomplished helicopter camera operator.

Ford is proud to have grown up in an Air Force family, having lived in 6 states and Great Britain. Ford and his family currently live in Manhattan.

Ford is a graduate of Yale University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

ABOUT THE CW11/WPIX
New York's CW11 (WPIX-TV Channel 11), is the flagship station of The CW Television Network. Founded in 1948 and owned by Tribune Broadcasting, a division of the Tribune Company, WPIX has long been regarded as a groundbreaking station in New York. In September 2006, WPIX became The CW11, and its successful Network programming, award winning news, extensive library of hit movies, first-run programs, off-network sitcom favorites, quality children's programming and public affairs shows, as well as outstanding event coverage, have contributed to the station's success. The CW11 has earned over 160 Emmy Awards, including multiple Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning News Program and Outstanding Newscast. The station has been honored with numerous other awards for excellence in reporting, news coverage, public affairs, specials and features. In addition, The CW11 has been the official broadcast home of the New York Mets since 1999.