A Miami news station director admonished staff in a memo to stop posting "foolish nonsense" to their social media accounts, which came back to light as an anchor’s bikini-clad posts sparked discussion of whether they violated the policy.WPLG Vice President of News Bill Pohovey blasted his staff in an internal memo over influencer-like content that distracted from their journalistic mission, according to a report by FTVLive."I have emailed about this numerous times in the past, but we seem to be going in the wrong direction again," Pohovey reportedly wrote.The memo was released as a series of Instagram posts were made by WPLG anchor and reporter Jenise Fernandez to her verified personal account, in which she shared images of her recent trip to Fiji to her approximately 28,000 followers, the outlet reported.However, the memo was sent weeks ago, before the new pictures.MICHELE TAFOYA ON NFL-NEW YORK TIMES DUST UP, FUTURE OF JOURNALISMJenise Fernandez, an anchor and reporter at Miami ABC affiliate WPLG, reportedly shared images to her personal social media account depicting her in a bikini while on vacation in Fiji.
The posts came under scrutiny after reports about an internal memo addressing newsroom employees' social media use.(iStock)The images appeared to show Fernandez wearing a fire-red bikini while climbing aboard a resort boat, with the caption, "Now I know what it feels like to be on @cloud9_fiji."According to Fernandez’s station biography, she has worked at the station since 2014 and was once crowned Miss Miami.
She also previously placed fourth runner-up at the Miss Florida Pageant.Another set of photos reportedly showed Fernandez wearing the same bikini as she leaned up against a floating bar at the resort — with an additional post showing her raising a shot glass to toast with two companions.While some reports indicated the memo penned by Pohovey was circulated after the posts were made to Fernandez’s account, Pohovey disputed that in a statement ...