to her station biography<\/a>, she is also a former Miss Miami and was fourth runner-up in the Miss Florida pageant.<\/p>\nThe posts prompted management to remind newsroom employees that they are journalists first \u2014 not social media personalities.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo many of our social media accounts are being used for foolish nonsense,\u201d Pohovey wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want dance videos with our staff. We don\u2019t want fashion shows, outfits of the day, or other silly content that detracts from you as journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandez began her television career in Louisiana and later worked in Pensacola before returning to her hometown of Miami in 2014. Jenise Fernandez \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
The veteran news executive made clear that the station\u2019s newsroom, studios and news set were off limits for that type of content.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should never produce such content, and we should absolutely NEVER create such content inside the station, in our newsroom or studios, using our news set as the background,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Pohovey also warned employees that the same standards should extend beyond company-owned accounts.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour station social media accounts should be used to share news\/weather\/sports information and help to drive traffic to our newscasts and website,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think these same guidelines apply to personal social media accounts. Whether you are working or not, you still represent the station and must always remember your role as a credible, trusted journalist, not a Kardashian.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandez, a former Miss Miami, has built a career as a television journalist, earning six Emmy Awards while anchoring and reporting for WPLG in South Florida. @jferntv\/Instagram<\/p>\n
He added bluntly: \u201cSome of what I see is cringeworthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The memo concluded with an appeal for employees to remember that public confidence in journalism is already under strain.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m exhausted to have to repeat this but we are not influencers, we are journalists,\u201d Pohovey wrote.<\/p>\n
He invoked longtime Local 10 broadcasting legends Dwight Lauderdale and Ann Bishop, asking staff whether they would have behaved similarly had social media existed during their careers.<\/p>\n
She currently anchors the station\u2019s weekday 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. broadcasts. @jferntv\/Instagram<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been accused of being old and out of touch on this subject, but journalism and journalists are already under attack,\u201d Pohovey wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are losing trust in the news, and the nickname \u2018fake news\u2019 is beginning to stick. We\u2019re seen as not serious and this unprofessional behavior only adds fuel to that fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe likes and follows are not worth eroding your credibility and the credibility of this news organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Post has sought comment from Fernandez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miami TV news executive ripped his staff for acting like social media influencers instead of journalists after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[52312,558,137444,26950,19241,123,125,124,137445,6097],"class_list":["post-333141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-bikinis","tag-business","tag-fiji","tag-instagram","tag-media","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-anchors","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}