Sven Sundgaard is suing former employer KARE 11
The meteorologist, who now works with Bring Me The News, was fired in May 2020.
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Disclosure: Sven Sundgaard is a meteorologist with Bring Me The News, providing regular weather updates. This story is based upon information contained in the lawsuit, which is now a matter of public record, and not upon any conversations Bring Me The News has had with Sven.
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard has filed a lawsuit against TEGNA Inc., alleging discrimination in the wake of his firing by KARE 11 last spring.
Sundgaard filed the lawsuit in late March, claiming sexual orientation discrimination, hostile work environment and reprisal in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act and defamation in violation of state law during his 14 years at the station.
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Ben Garvin, the award-winning Twin Cities photographer, said he was fired from KARE after a company car was stolen off the street in front of his house.
Garvin, who was previously named journalist of the year by the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists and photographer of the year by the Minnesota Press Photographers Association, shared the news Tuesday on Facebook. He confirmed the dismissal in a separate e-mail to the Star Tribune.
In his posting, Garvin wrote that he had been keeping a KARE vehicle at his residence in south Minneapolis while he worked from home during the pandemic. Sometime before Christmas, the car was stolen. There was no camera gear inside, but some lights and tripods were in the trunk. Garvin admits he left the car unlocked and likely tossed the keys in the trunk.
KARE 11 appoints Stacey Nogy as its news director
Stacey Nogy has been in the industry for 28 years.
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KARE 11 has announced that veteran journalist Stacey Nogy will become its permanent news director.
The Twin Cities NBC affiliate said that Nogy, who has been with the station for 28 years, w
Previous news director Stuart Boslow, who joined in 2018 following the departure of Jane Helmke, is leaving for sister station KHOU in Houston, Texas.
Hogy, who was the acting news director for a time following Helmke s departure, will oversee the vision, strategy, editorial coverage and the distribution of News across all KARE 11’s content platforms alongside KARE s digital director Lauren Olson.