TEGNA Media Shines Spotlight on Missing Children
Local Stations Join with
Throughout the day, TEGNA Media stations are airing stories of families
involved in missing children cases and investigations into child and
protective services cases relevant to their local communities.
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KHOU in
Houston is featuring a photo gallery, both on-air and across digital, of children currently missing in theHouston market. Every two minutes, a missing child is featured on the station’s social accounts. -
KTHV in
Little Rock is airing an interview with the mother ofMorgan Nick , a young girl kidnapped in 1995 as well as an investigation into the Arkansas Missing Persons website. -
KUSA in
Denver is profiling a woman dying of ovarian cancer whose final wish is to find her baby boy who was stolen out of her house 30 years ago.
“TEGNA is committed to protecting the unprotected, speaking up for the
voiceless and advocating for change when change is needed,” said
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s “Rock One Sock” campaign will raise awareness for missing children and bring hope and inspiration to National Missing Children’s Day. The campaign calls for everyone to wear one sock and take a “Footsie”, a picture or video of your feet with one sock. Participants are encouraged to upload their footsie to social media and tag friends to post their own footsie or donate to the campaign. TEGNA Media anchors and reporters are taking part and will post footsies throughout the day.
“We’re proud of TEGNA’s dedicated journalists and advocates helping
children in need,” says
TEGNA Media is also leveraging its partnership with the Justice Network
to raise awareness for missing children. The Justice Network will air
success stories throughout the week featuring missing children who were
successfully reunited with their families. The segments, hosted by
spokesman and television host
“The Justice Network is proud to partner with TEGNA Media and help
recover dozens of missing children,” said
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