Courtney Gousman, who was an anchor at WEWS Cleveland, explained her absence from TV screens in recent weeks with a post on Facebook. “Hey Cleveland, let's talk,” she wrote. “I owe you an explanation. For the past 3 weeks I have been missing on-air at News 5 Cleveland. As painful as this has been to talk about, I want to let you know I was laid off. I was informed the decision was made due to budgetary reasons and station restructuring.”
Scripps owns WEWS. Gousman joined the station in September 2020, after a stint at WGN Chicago. She anchored the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts.
