WBZ-TV CBS 4 news director Gary LaPlante announced two promotions and an addition to the WBZ team.
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ouisa Moller, who joined the station in October 2014 in a freelance position, has been promoted to full time general assignment reporter.
"Louisa’s aggressiveness and positive attitude have been apparent from day one and we are thrilled to add her to the FT staff" LaPlante said.
Louisa joined WBZ from WTIC-TV FOX 61 in Hartford, CT where she was a general assignment and investigative reporter for three years. Before that, she worked at WFFF-TV FOX 44/WVNY-TV ABC 22 in Burlington, VT, and at WTHI-TV CBS/FOX 10 in Terre Haute, IN. She's also interned at WCVB-TV in Boston; WPRI-TV in Providence; and the London Daily Mail in the United Kingdom.
Louisa is a 2009 graduate of Boston College where she earned a Bachelor's degree in communications.
Samantha Neely has been promoted to morning executive producer.
"Sam has done an admirable job filling in since the Fall, and has made a positive impact on both the content and culture in the morning" said LaPlante.
Prior to filling in on the morning newscasts, Sam was a producer at WBZ.
She has also worked as a producer at WHDH-TV, also in Boston.
Matthew Longfellow joins WBZ as the Weekend 6pm/11pm Producer.
Matt was most recently the producer of WHDH's weekday 6pm newscast. Before that, he was the managing editor at NH1 News Network in Concord, NH. He's also been a producer at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, WI; WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, FL; WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH; WGME-TV in Portland, ME; and WLBZ-TV in Bangor, ME. He started his career in television news as an associate producer at WCSH-TV in Portland, ME.
Matt is a graduate of the New England School of Communications in Bangor, ME where he studied communications and journalism.
