By Michael Deeds A series of shake-ups in the Boise area TV market will actually bring more TV news reporting to the Treasure Valley. Here's a breakdown: * Channel 12 is going independent in September. Yes, KTRV — currently the Fox affiliate — officially will become a station without a network. This doesn’t mean KTRV will produce less local news. KTRV, which is owned by privately held Block Communications, plans to pull itself up by its bootstraps, invest resources and add even more news programming. The station says it will hire at least six more news staffers. KTRV wants to…

President's Column By Betsy Russell Last year, I was contacted by several reporters for various news organizations who were having trouble with public records requests to the city of Boise. Among them was Nishi Gupta of KTVB Channel 7, who was facing a surprising $547.36 labor charge for a public records request - an outlandishly high charge, and not one most news organizations could afford to pay these days. Allen Derr and I met with Boise Mayor Dave Bieter, along with his attorney and communications director, and we felt that we had a good, productive discussion - it lasted for…

Name: John Hecht Press Club board position:  At-large rep, Idaho Press Club state board Current occupation: Recently retired. Last job: For the previous 15 years, I was a "natural resources technical writer/editor" at the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (just across the street from the Statesman), with collateral duties managing the Planning Library.  I primarily translated and edited government reports into English. Career path: To avoid being drafted into the Marines, I joined the U.S. Navy in 1968 and travelled by ships literally around the world, visiting 20 countries on four continents; I was a…

TELEVISION Treasure Valley market KBOI-TV Adam Balinski, who comes from BYU, is a new weekend reporter. New morning reporter  Eric Avanier arrived from North Carolina.   Michael Calcagno left to return to family in Portland. KIVI-TV  Marie McGlynn-Peach is the new General Manager. Former general manager Bob Rosenthal is now director of  sales for Citadel. Idaho Falls/ Pocatello Market KPVI-TV Diana Nguyen, a new reporter, arrived from   San Jose. Logan McDougall was promoted to reporter. Twin Falls Market KMVT-TV New Chief Meteorologist Brian Neudorff arrived from WROC. Former chief meteorologist Adam Colpack left to explore other options. Weekend anchor/weekday reporter Rachael…