Shauna Parsons
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Shauna Parsons is a TV news anchor on KPTV-TV in Portland
, Oregon
, United States
. She is currently lead anchor with Wayne Garcia on The 10 O'Clock News. Shauna moved to Portland in 2000 and was immediately enamored with the city.Shauna Parsons, KPTV.com, Retrieved July 16, 2010 She started her co-anchor position in October 2000. Previously she worked in college radio, and then landed at Fox 13 KSTU
in Salt Lake City. There, she went from an internship to a full-time reporter, weekend anchor, and launched a weekday morning show in 1996.
The Society of Professional Journalists
and the Utah Broadcasters Association have given her several awards, and she also received an Emmy nomination for a story on animal euthanasia.
In 1987, at age 17, she appeared as a contestant on the All New Dating Game
, and was selected as the winner.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She is currently lead anchor with Wayne Garcia on The 10 O'Clock News. Shauna moved to Portland in 2000 and was immediately enamored with the city.Shauna Parsons, KPTV.com, Retrieved July 16, 2010 She started her co-anchor position in October 2000. Previously she worked in college radio, and then landed at Fox 13 KSTU
KSTU
KSTU, channel 13, is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Salt Lake City designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, and its transmitter located on Farnsworth Peak, southwest of Salt Lake City...
in Salt Lake City. There, she went from an internship to a full-time reporter, weekend anchor, and launched a weekday morning show in 1996.
The Society of Professional Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
and the Utah Broadcasters Association have given her several awards, and she also received an Emmy nomination for a story on animal euthanasia.
In 1987, at age 17, she appeared as a contestant on the All New Dating Game
The Dating Game
The Dating Game is an ABC television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s...
, and was selected as the winner.