Jan. 11, 2021
Jeimmie Nevalga, a veteran TV producer, has been named news director for KOMU-TV. KOMU 8 is the only network-affiliated commercially operated television station (NBC) whose newsroom is utilized as a teaching lab. Students at the Missouri School of Journalism cover mid-Missouri under the supervision of faculty.
As news director, Nevalga will oversee a complex newsroom environment that brings together students and professionals from around the world while collaborating with the school’s other hands-on multiplatform newsrooms. These include a digital-first community newspaper, an NPR-member station and the State Government Reporting Program in Jefferson City. The appointment makes Nevalga the first woman and minority to lead the news department at KOMU.
“Jeimmie is a solid leader whose work as a journalist, producer, teacher and mentor has contributed to the success of our students and award-winning newsrooms,” said Dean David Kurpius. “We look forward to her building on these accomplishments and strengthening our connections with mid-Missouri.”
Nevalga joined the KOMU staff and the school’s faculty in 2011 after serving as a producer and senior producer for WGN-TV and CLTV in Chicago as well as WISN 12 in Milwaukee. In addition to serving as KOMU-TV’s executive producer, she has taught courses in producing and reporting to journalism students and professionals at global conferences.
Nevalga earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from MU in 2000.
