Maureen Naylor

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Maureen Naylor
Maureen Naylor

Maureen Helen Naylor (b. 1978) is an American television news anchor and previouly did the weekend newscasts for KFSN ABC 30 Action News in HD from March, 2005[1] to March, 2008. She is now a reporter for KTVU in Oakland/San Francisco.

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[edit] Early Life

Maureen was born and raised in the Bay Area as one of five children to a mother raised in Mexico City. Maureen had a passion for news and at the same time stayed active in the community, so she went on to UC Davis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied for her degree in broadcast journalism. At the same time she was studying for her major, she was on the lacrosse team. Maureen graduated from Cal Poly.

[edit] News Career at KCOY and KNVN/KHSL (NCN) 2000-2005

While in San Luis Obispo, Maureen started an internship at KCOY, the CBS affiliate in Santa Maria, CA. While at KCOY, she did reporting, news writing, producing and editing for News Source 12. She then went to the other side of the camera and did field reporting for their newscasts. Many of her stories included the Harris Grade fire in 2000.

In December, 2001, Naylor left KCOY-TV and was offered a job at KNVN/KHSL in Chico, California as the morning anchor replacing anchor Amy Finley [2]. In January, 2002, Maureen Naylor teamed up with Matt Keller to anchor at Northern California News and did news break-ins for Your Show Live broadcasting from Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding which ran from 2002 until February 2004. While at NCN, Maureen won an award for best news anchor and best non-traditional news show. Unfortunately, the management at KNVN/KHSL decided to pull the plug on Your Show Live due to low ratings. Maureen teamed up with Matt Keller at NCN for another year before leaving on March 10, 2005 after four years with NCN[3].

[edit] KFSN-TV ABC 30 2005-present

Maureen debuted on ABC 30 on April 1, 2005 after a big shake up with KFSN's news and weather department in releasing Richard Montano, Lisa Gonzales (now at KOVR/KMAX), and Craig Herrera (now with KNTV) and hired Ms. Naylor along with Itica Milanes (from KPRC) and Ashlee Tate (from KYMA). In her current position at KFSN, Ms. Naylor covered stories from the Yosemite National Park flooding near Mariposa, CA in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, The summer 2006 heatwave and the recent Central Valley freeze in January, 2007. Some of her famous interviews at KFSN-TV included Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Brokaw and olympic gold metalist Mary Lou Retton[4]. According to emmyssf.com, Maureen won an emmy for her reporting for ABC 30 as a reporter in 2007[5].

In early March, 2008, Maureen left KFSN-TV to take over a new reporting job for KTVU.

[edit] Notes & References

  1. ^ Maureen Naylor joins Action News weekend. News Fresno (June 1, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  2. ^ Maureen Naylor replaces Amy Finley. News Review Sacramento and Chico (January 10, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  3. ^ Maureen Naylor leaves NCN for ABC 30.. News Review Sacramento Valley (April 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
  4. ^ Maureen Naylor's ABC 30 bio page. Maureen's bio on KFSN ABC 30 (September 1, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
  5. ^ Maureen Naylor wins award for ABC 30. Emmys SF (April 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-04.

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