TV & VIDEO - Nov. 14, 1988

news services and the nation’s press.

A TV anchorwoman in Sioux Falls, S.D., has been fired after she wrote in a Christian magazine that religious considerations at least partially influenced her news judgment. “Naturally, I have to lead with the hard news stories that affect our neighborhood and world . . . but it’s such a thrill to also have the power to ‘sneak’ Jesus into the news as often as possible,” KDLT-TV weekend anchor Marilee Joyce wrote. Steven Herman, KDLT president and general manager, said Joyce was fired last week for “an error in journalistic judgment,” reflected in the article headlined “A Different Type of TV Evangelism.” Said Joyce: “I am a news professional and I conducted myself in that manner. . . . I have been precautioned by my advisers not to say anything further.”