Shock and dismayin the Burbank newsroom of Channel 4, apparently, over VP and News Director Vickie Burns deciding to let reporter and sometime-anchor Jennifer Bjorklund go. "Everybody very sad," a colleague says. "She is the most likeable and popular person in the newsroom. Loved by the camera crews and engineers. Hard worker, great attitude and had something not often found in local television: personality." Her page is still up on the KNBC website.
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