Jodine Costanzo

Jodine M. Costanzo (born July 1966) is an American television news reporter in Pittsburgh and a former television news anchor in Cleveland, Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Early life and education

A native of Pittsburgh, Costanzo graduated from South Park High School South Park, Pennsylvania.[1] She earned a degree in communications from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.[2]

During college, Costanzo was an intern at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.[1]

Professional career

Costanzo began her broadcasting career working for WDTV-TV in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She later joined WDTN-TV in Dayton, Ohio.[3][4]

In early 1992, Costanzo was hired as a reporter at WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. She eventually became the co-anchor of a revived noon news program until leaving the station in 1996 to take a job in Chicago.[1]

In August 1996, Costanzo joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as an early morning news anchor, co-anchoring with Joan Lovett. In November 1996, Costanzo shifted to full-time reporting for WBBM.

In March 1998, Costanzo joined WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh as a weekend anchor and reporter.[1][2] After five years as an anchor, she stepped down as a full-time anchor at the end of June 2003 and shifted to full-time reporting.[2] "I walk away with a heavy heart because I enjoy anchoring the weekends, but I really want to spend more time with my son," she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at the time. "That's where my priorities are right now."[5]

Personal

Costanzo and her husband, Richard L. "Rick" Downey, have two children and live in Pittsburgh.[6]

In 1997 and 1998, before she was married, Costanzo was romantically linked to WBBM-TV weather forecaster (now with CBS' The Early Show) Dave Price, according to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times that was published on February 11, 1998.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/19980326bbarb5.asp
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.wpxi.com/station/1900821/detail.html
  3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jodine-Costanzo/135277506507238
  4. ↑ http://www.wpxi.com/station/1900821/detail.html Jodine Costanzo - WPXI-TV
  5. ↑ http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20030417owen4.asp
  6. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:g9NgVF1e_zAJ:www.boydcommunitycenter.org/classes/FALL08%2520Interior.pdf+%22Rick+Downey%22+Jodine&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

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