CTV News head Michael Melling, who grew to become embroiled within the fallout of the departure of high anchor Lisa LaFlamme, is now being changed in his function.
Several months after Melling took a go away of absence from the news division, a Bell Media assertion confirms his job will likely be completely stuffed by Richard Gray, who has been serving as interim vice-president of news.
The firm says Melling has been reassigned to vp of shared providers.
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The choice follows an unbiased third-party evaluate of the CTV nationwide newsroom that was sparked after the ousting of LaFlamme as anchor of the flagship newscast.
Her departure, introduced in a video she posted on social media in August, rattled the newsroom and raised considerations over the office tradition on the firm.
Bell Media weathered weeks of blowback and at one level mentioned it “regrets” the best way during which LaFlamme’s exit was dealt with, because it “may have left viewers with the wrong impression” that her storied profession wasn’t valued.
Among the findings that emerged within the unbiased office evaluate, performed by employment lawyer Sarah Crossley and her affiliate Laura Freitag, is “a culture where people are sometimes afraid to raise concerns for fear of reprisal or inaction.”
An inner memo obtained by The Canadian Press says the evaluate additionally discovered “a need for greater civility and respect in the newsroom” and “a desire to improve working conditions.”
