{"id":51655,"date":"2023-05-03T07:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=51655"},"modified":"2023-05-03T07:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T11:07:23","slug":"wny-news-now-owner-hired-as-county-media-information-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wny-news-now-owner-hired-as-county-media-information-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"WNY News Now Owner Hired as County Media Information Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51656\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51656\" data-attachment-id=\"51656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wny-news-now-owner-hired-as-county-media-information-officers\/justin-gould-pj-wendel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=411%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"411,329\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Justin Gould PJ Wendel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Justin Gould and PJ Wendel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=411%2C329&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-51656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?resize=375%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?w=411&amp;ssl=1 411w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Gould and PJ Wendel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Falconer resident and current member of the local news media has been hired as <strong>Chautauqua County<\/strong>&#8216;s new Media Information Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Chautauqua County Executive <strong>PJ Wendel<\/strong> announced <strong>Justin Gould<\/strong> will start in the job June 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Media Information Officer is tasked with acting as a liaison for news media organizations, coordinating press conferences, press releases and responding to emergencies as they develop providing up-to-date information to both the news media and public. The position also will assist the legislature, all departments, and agencies within county government to enhance public relations.<\/p>\n<p>Gould is the co-founder of <strong>WNY News Now<\/strong> and has owned and operated the business as its News Director. He stated he would be selling his stake in the business, which will then be operated by <strong>Lee Cain<\/strong> of <strong>Channel 716<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Falconer resident and current member of the local news media has been hired as Chautauqua County&#8216;s new Media Information Officer. Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel announced Justin Gould will start in the job June 1. The Media Information Officer is tasked with acting as a liaison for news media organizations, coordinating press conferences, press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":51656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[13255,416,9712,13254,1802,9489],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Justin-Gould-PJ-Wendel.jpg?fit=411%2C329&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-dr9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35888,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-2020-chautauqua-co-executive-debate-richard-morrisroe-and-pj-wendel\/","url_meta":{"origin":51655,"position":0},"title":"[LISTEN] 2020 Chautauqua Co. 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