The Assistant News Director for Graham Media Group‘s flagship television station, known to locals in Detroit as “LOCAL 4,” has been promoted to News Director just ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Jennifer Wallace Canine has earned the new role for WDIV-TV, the NBC affiliate led by Bob Ellis, the VP/GM who ranks at No. 1 among RBR+TVBR’s Top Local TV Leaders  rankings for 2023.

Canine made the announcement via her LinkedIn profile.

In a press release, Ellis said, “Jennifer’s impact on this newsroom has been profound. She’s an enormous reason why we are who we are today. What makes her special is her intense desire to foster the culture of a newsroom that doesn’t try to be like anyone or anything else. With the changes we’ve made to our product just getting started, Jenn is also the right person to lead us in our evolving storytelling approach and help every news employee find ways to serve our viewers on all platforms every day. I have the utmost faith that she will lead, communicate with transparency, and move us forward.”

Canine added, “I’m incredibly proud and thankful to lead a newsroom of amazing people that doesn’t look to anyone else for what it wants to be.  We know what we want to deliver to our community which is impactful and important news – and we want to be the best at it on every single platform.”