ABC Makes High Court Hire

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ABC has named a full-time Supreme Court/legal affairs reporter, Manny Medrano. He will report on the court and other legal affairs for all ABC News broadcasts. Jackie Judd had been covering the High Court beat, but left last summer. Medrano’s contract was not up until recently, but ABC wanted him and “was willing to wait,” said a spokeswoman.

Medrano, whose first day was Monday, comes from KNBC-TV Los Angeles, where he was a general assignment reporter and legal analyst for such high profile stories/trials as O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Reginald Denny and the Menendez brothers. He is also a former trial lawyer and Assistant U.S. Attorney.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.