Gerrish Gets Good Review From New Peers

Former WOWT anchor Courtny Gerrish's first assignment at her new station in Milwaukee was a trip to Louisiana for spring break.

Last month, Gerrish left her weekend evening newscast anchoring for WOWT behind for a job anchoring and reporting at NBC and Journal Broadcast Group-owned WTMJ, better known as "Today's TMJ4"

Mike Jacobs, her new co-anchor on the station's 4:30 p.m. newscast writes in his online blog that "you're never quite sure what you're going to get" until a new hire walks through the door.

In Gerrish's case, it was in and out the door the same day, as she headed south to New Orleans to cover a group of Marquette University students who were spending their spring break helping residents clean up from Hurricane Katrina.

Coincidentally, WTMJ is home to former KMTV Chief Meteorologist Craig Koplein, who has worked there since 2000.