Good luck and best wishes to Maria Stephanos, who announced on Thursday that she’s leaving WFXT-TV (Channel 25). Garrett Quinn has the details at Boston magazine. Stephanos has been the face of Fox 25 News for a long time, and it’s not going to be the same without her.
As Quinn notes, Stephanos is Fox 25’s second recent high-profile departure. My Northeastern colleague Mike Beaudet, the station’s investigative reporter, recently announced he was stepping aside so that he could spend more time with us.
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Maria is a solid reporter and lovely person to boot. It’s hard to imagine who will eventually equal her stature at that station.
Mike Beaudet too? What the hell’s going on over there?
@F.J.: Mike started his full-time Northeastern job a year ago, which means he was literally working two full-time jobs during the past year. It just got to be too much.