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Telly Nicole perhaps has a certain big-busted country music star to thank for her career as a TV news anchor. One of her first memories involves a home video – Mom, can you destroy that? - of her anchoring the news as Dolly Parton. Though it never won her an Emmy or Edward R. Murrow Award, it set her on the path to TV, with a little detour of embarassment. Today, her newscasts lack in the southern drawl and blonde hair, but the passion and love is still there. Being a Kansas girl at heart, the Midwest is where she calls home. During her time in the business, she's actively taken part in the entire process of creating the news from shooting video, to editing, interviewing, writing and presenting. Her newscasts have been recognized and given awards by area organizations but some of the work she is most proud of is her volunteer work with the disabled community. When she isn't sitting at the anchor desk, Telly loves to travel around the world, spend time with her family and dogs, play volleyball, drink coffee, experience new food and enjoy her guilty pleasure of reality television.
Working in TV news, anything that has to do with TV catches my eye. Here is an interesting fact: more people own TVs than have cell phones or internet service in the United States. Mashable shed light on a recent study by Nielsen that looked at how Americans operate when it comes to TV … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about Chelsea Clinton's hire by NBC News joining the ranks of many others recently who seemed to be hired because of who they know, rather than what they do. This week, Chelsea made her television reporting debut on Rock Center with Brian Williams. Let's see how Chelsea … [Read more...]
Late last month, a Kansas City TV Station had to break shocking news to the family of viewers that a beloved meteorologist in the mornings died. That is hard enough, but even more devastating is that FOX 4 Meteorologist Don Harman committed suicide. There are so many thoughts and connotations that … [Read more...]
Luke Russert, Jenna Bush Hager and Chelsea Clinton. What do these three have in common? Famous parents and now, tv reporters. It seems fame is enough to get them national TV jobs, jobs that most people fight YEARS to get and most of the time they don't even get the chance. Before you get your … [Read more...]
I recently had the chance to listen to Al Tompkins speak. If you are in the news business and went to school for Journalism, you know the name. Al is quite possibly one of the best storytellers around who can effectively translate that knowledge and teach it to anyone. While talking with Al, he … [Read more...]
When people find out what I do for a living, sooner or later the question always comes out, why is the news so negative? I have my own suspicions which I will soon share, but I set out on a journey to find out what other professionals thought about the number one thing many people attach to a … [Read more...]
It's all about the Benjamins, baby! In Puff Daddy's song, Benjamins are all about vacations, cars and bling. To a journalist, Benjamins are names of people we meet. Plain and simple. When I first started out in the business it never ceased to amaze me how many people would come in thinking they were … [Read more...]
It's been a topic of conversation in newsrooms across America. Are we losing more viewers? It's hard to tell from month to month as the ratings are always different but there's a credible scare that more viewers are straying away from the traditional means of getting the news by a TV or newspaper. … [Read more...]
There's been serious talk throughout the summer about Congress and the FCC selling broadcast spectrum as a way to chip away at the nation's debt. The talk of freeing up spectrum has been happening for several years but recently people have really started to take notice. To be honest, there are too … [Read more...]
With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this weekend it reminded me of the importance of TV news and the ever surging battle of how to make a story that comes up year after year different and important. Every … [Read more...]
