Bill Pohovey said WPLG’s internal social-media memo was sent months before anchor Jenise Fernandez posted Fiji bikini photos and was not aimed at any current employee.
The clarification followed scrutiny of Fernandez’s verified Instagram posts, where the Miami anchor shared vacation images with roughly 28,000 followers, prompting questions about whether they breached station policy.
Pohovey told the New York Post the photos were “tasteful and completely fine,” saying the directive does not bar vacation pictures or other everyday personal posts.
The memo itself warned staff against “foolish nonsense” and influencer-style content — including dance videos, fashion-show posts and filming inside the newsroom — arguing such behavior weakens journalists’ credibility as trust in news declines.