Sun-Times Media
The normally sedate “Chicago Tonight” public television show is in turmoil. That’s bad for Chicago, and at the worst possible time.
Hugo Balta, WTTW’s news director and executive producer of its flagship program, was fired last week after one year on the job.
“Balta is no longer with the organization,” a WTTW spokesperson wrote in a statement. “This is the result of his undisclosed conflicts of interest related to his operational and editorial roles at other media outlets, which violated the terms of his employment. In addition, he repeatedly violated the WTTW News Standards he committed to uphold and which govern the newsroom he headed.”