Newsbabe(s) of the 2010s

tommy7 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 6:24 am

It's a big ask but name one or a few newsbabes who you think has been absolutely amazing or has made a mark this decade from 2010-2019?

sparty · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:12 am

Ainsley Earhardt going from overnights to host of Fox & Friends
Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan at CBS
Savannah and Hoda the first female hosting duo on Today

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

Laura Rutledge went from covering pro teams for local/regional FS Networks to be one of the rising stars on ESPN.
Molly McGrath from again covering the Celtics to being hired on FS1 and being the first person to be on-air when it started to now being on the sidelines on Thursday night college games for ESPN which the same spot Erin Andrews, Sam Ponder, and Laura Rutledge had.
Also she hosted Battlebots.
Sam Ponder (still believe should have kept her maiden name on the air) went from college football sidelines to now hosting the ESPN NFL Pregame show.
Also the MLB ladies with Heidi Watney starting covering the Red Sox for NESN to being on the MLB Network for her 8th season (that we know of). Plus, she the reason why Matt Damon character in The Martian was named Watney.
Lauren Shehadi who actually started the decade nationally with CBS Sports College Network (now just CBSSN) and on her 9th season on MLB Network.
Cari Champion started on the Tennis Channel and now one of the biggest stars of ESPN and hosted the Titan Games.
Kristine Leahy though her show ended a few days before the decade ended.

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 5784

Sage Steele can be mentioned as well as Shannon Spake, who left ESPN to be the host of NASCAR Now on Fox Sports 1.

Shannon also leads in the pre-race coverage during the first half of the Nascar racing schedule from the Daytona 500 until late June.

braniac · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:01 pm

In Boston, WCVB the ABC affiliate became the first Boston station I think to post an all woman team for a news broadcast, Antoinette Antonio and Erika Tarantal with meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. Even the fillins are women, Emily Riemer and meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese.

NBC 10 posted the first anchor team that was together on one station WCVB then on another, NBC10, JC Monahan and Phil Lipof. Phil jumped ship from WCVB followed by JC a few months later.

sparty wrote:

Savannah and Hoda the first female hosting duo on Today

Gotta agree with sparty on this. This was TV history in the making.

tommy7 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 01, 2020 5:23 pm

braniac wrote:

In Boston, WCVB the ABC affiliate became the first Boston station I think to post an all woman team for a news broadcast, Antoinette Antonio and Erika Tarantal with meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. Even the fillins are women, Emily Riemer and meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese.

NBC 10 posted the first anchor team that was together on one station WCVB then on another, NBC10, JC Monahan and Phil Lipof. Phil jumped ship from WCVB followed by JC a few months later.

sparty wrote:

Savannah and Hoda the first female hosting duo on Today

Gotta agree with sparty on this. This was TV history in the making.

Who said increasing the representation of women in the media industry wasn't a good thing?

Mullin · **Joined:** Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:00 pm **Posts:** 30165

Sandra Smith... no one else even close

yali892000 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:49 am **Posts:** 11384

Brianna Keilar. She had many moments.

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

tommy7 wrote:

braniac wrote:

In Boston, WCVB the ABC affiliate became the first Boston station I think to post an all woman team for a news broadcast, Antoinette Antonio and Erika Tarantal with meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. Even the fillins are women, Emily Riemer and meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese.

NBC 10 posted the first anchor team that was together on one station WCVB then on another, NBC10, JC Monahan and Phil Lipof. Phil jumped ship from WCVB followed by JC a few months later.

sparty wrote:

Savannah and Hoda the first female hosting duo on Today

Gotta agree with sparty on this. This was TV history in the making.

Who said increasing the representation of women in the media industry wasn't a good thing?

It makes us happy because what would we talk about here if that wasn't the case? :Thumb

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

Erin Andrews even though the decade started not in a great way for her still dealing with that :censor

. She did Dancing With The Stars and she did well there (finished 3rd) and ended up hosting with Tom Bergeron to finish the decade along with her duties for Fox Sports on the first Fox NFL TV team.

Courtney Friel on being over 10 years being sober.

Name:Unknown · **Joined:** Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:11 am **Posts:** 774

Mullin wrote:

Sandra Smith... no one else even close

I think my bias is showing

Although I do agree Sandra and Trish Regan had many great moments on Fox & FBN over the last decade, I have to say, Erin Burnett had a very good decade on CNN.
Joining CNN in 2011 Erin had a great start on Outfront and remains a constant in prime time. Changing sets 3 different times and still managing to have a great show. While also taking maternity leave 3 separate times, Erin came back looking great each time. 2014 & 2015 are just 2 years that really stand out.

tommy7 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:47 am

newsguy wrote:

Erin Andrews even though the decade started not in a great way for her still dealing with that :censor

. She did Dancing With The Stars and she did well there (finished 3rd) and ended up hosting with Tom Bergeron to finish the decade along with her duties for Fox Sports on the first Fox NFL TV team.

Courtney Friel on being over 10 years being sober.

Yeah, it didn't start well for Erin but she came back even stronger and dare I say even more lovely than before. Her career did not slump, rather the opposite actually. Plus she got married too.

tommy7 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2020 10:55 am

newsguy wrote:

tommy7 wrote:

braniac wrote:

In Boston, WCVB the ABC affiliate became the first Boston station I think to post an all woman team for a news broadcast, Antoinette Antonio and Erika Tarantal with meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. Even the fillins are women, Emily Riemer and meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese.

NBC 10 posted the first anchor team that was together on one station WCVB then on another, NBC10, JC Monahan and Phil Lipof. Phil jumped ship from WCVB followed by JC a few months later.

sparty wrote:

Savannah and Hoda the first female hosting duo on Today

Gotta agree with sparty on this. This was TV history in the making.

Who said increasing the representation of women in the media industry wasn't a good thing?

It makes us happy because what would we talk about here if that wasn't the case? :Thumb

One of the perks of supporting women's rights. :Thumb

mphillp · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2020 2:29 pm

From the other side of the Atlantic, Victoria Fritz on the BBC came from nowhere to be one of the most stunning British anchors of the last decade.

lakeshoredave · **Joined:** Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:12 pm **Posts:** 12669

For me its Morgan Fogarty of WCCB Charlotte. Thanks to this message board I became a huge fan of hers!

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

lakeshoredave wrote:

For me its Morgan Fogarty of WCCB Charlotte. Thanks to this message board I became a huge fan of hers!

It was an interesting part of the decade for her when she got hired by Al-Jazeera. I think she wanted to go national like her former co-worker Anna Kooiman who was on Fox News. Though when Morgan got there on day one, she didn't like what she going on and left and returned to Charlotte.

tommy7 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:21 pm

newsguy wrote:

lakeshoredave wrote:

For me its Morgan Fogarty of WCCB Charlotte. Thanks to this message board I became a huge fan of hers!

It was an interesting part of the decade for her when she got hired by Al-Jazeera. I think she wanted to go national like her former co-worker Anna Kooiman who was on Fox News. Though when Morgan got there on day one, she didn't like what she going on and left and returned to Charlotte.

I am now reminded of Morgan Radford who has also had good decade. Started out on ABC straight after college then she went to Al-Jazeera America and now she's had a stable gig at NBC news for the past 4/5 years and is now engaged.

infamous04 · **Joined:** Sat May 18, 2013 2:11 pm **Posts:** 1419

For me its Kay Blevins, Emily Cassulo, Angela Moryan, and Megan Wise of WDEF Chattanooga past and present, Latricia Thomas, Kelsey Bagwell, Kiley Thomas, Allison Levine, Carly Flynn Morgan, Lindsay Jackson, Jessica Harthorn, Kayla Strayer of WTVC Chattanooga past and present, and Natalie Potts, Jill Jelnick, Joi Dukes, and Mary Francis Hoots of WRCB Chattanooga past and present. Thanks to this message board I became a huge fan of theirs period!

newsguy · **Joined:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 2451

infamous04 wrote:

For me its Kay Blevins, Emily Cassulo, Angela Moryan, and Megan Wise of WDEF Chattanooga past and present, Latricia Thomas, Kelsey Bagwell, Kiley Thomas, Allison Levine, Carly Flynn Morgan, Lindsay Jackson, Jessica Harthorn, Kayla Strayer of WTVC Chattanooga past and present, and Natalie Potts, Jill Jelnick, Joi Dukes, and Mary Francis Hoots of WRCB Chattanooga past and present. Thanks to this message board I became a huge fan of theirs period!

Also, Lauren St. Germain came from Chattanooga before coming to Tampa.

tamarobenz · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:42 pm **Posts:** 518

SO many great ones but two worth mentioning are Bethany Crouch of Sacramento and Brooke Wagner of Denver and Tucson

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