Shannon Ogden

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Shannon Ogden
First Coast News at 6
Birth place	Jacksonville, Florida
Circumstances
Occupation	Journalist
Family	Yes
Spouse	Torrey Ogden
Children	Isabella Ogden
Ethnicity	White
Notable credit(s)	Evening Anchor for WTLV/WJXX (with Jeannie Blaylock and Donna Deegan)

Shannon Ogden is currently a weekday anchor, alongside Jeannie Blaylock and Donna Deegan, on First Coast News at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida. Ogden co-anchors the weeknight 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts of First Coast News.^[1]

Shannon was born and raised in Arkansas and Florida. He attended John Brown University, a non-denominational Christian college in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.^[2]

Shannon came to Jacksonville's WTLV/WJXX in April of 2006 from Boston, where he was an anchor/reporter at New England Cable News. After interning with CNN in Brussels, Belgium, his television career has taken him to his native Arkansas, Missouri, Utah, and most recently Massachusetts. While at NECN, Shannon co-anchored Good Morning Live (NECN's morning program from 6 to 9 a.m.), anchored a daily business broadcast, hosted Jay Carr's Screening Room (NECN's movie review program), and hosted a popular weekly home show.^[2]

Shannon has anchored some of the biggest national stories, including the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Rhode Island nightclub fire, and the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.^[1]

[edit] Awards and recognition

Shannon has won a national Gracie Award from the American Women in Radio and Television and a regional Emmy for coverage of the fatal crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 in Little Rock, Arkansas.