Kaci Aitchison

Kaci Aitchison is a news anchor and features reporter for Q13 FOX News in Seattle, Washington.

Biography

Aitchison is a Seattle native and alumna of the University of Washington. She got her start in radio at 106.1 KISS FM,[1] then became the News Director on the Bob Rivers Show on KZOK-FM.[2] In 2009 she joined Q13 FOX News This Morning as a Features Reporter.

In 2013, she was voted Best Local TV Personality in Western Washington by King 5.[3]

She was nominated in 2014 for a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for her special "The Road to We Day",[4] a special on local youth community involvement.

Aitchison is an accomplished improvisor with local comedy groups and co-created the improvised show Dirty Laundry.[5] The show went on to perform at the Chicago Improv Festival,[6] Seattle Festival of Improv Theater and others.[7]

She also starred in The Great Sketch Experiment put on by JibJab.[8] Over 100 independent comedy groups were invited to submit a sketch based on a police theme. Six were chosen and flown to Los Angeles to have their sketch filmed by legendary comedy director John Landis. Their sketch, Tom & Tina, was featured on TechCrunch [9] among other sites.

In August 2013, Aitchison served as back-stage host for The International, an annual Dota 2 eSports tournament hosted by Valve Corporation, providing fan and player interaction outside of the main event without prior knowledge of the game.[10] She also served as the host for The International 2014, as previously announced,[11] as well as The International 2015, The International 2016 and The International 2017.[12]

On November 16, 2016, Aitchison did a segment on the then new Google app Quick, Draw!. It went viral and ended up on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

References

  1. ↑ "Kaci Aitchison Bio Page". Q13FOX.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Kaci Aitchison Bio Page". Q13FOX.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  3. ↑ "Best of Local TV Personality". King 5.
  4. ↑ "2014 - 51st Annual Emmy® Nominations | Nominations & Recipients". Northwest Regional Emmys.
  5. ↑ "Wing-It Productions Presents Dirty Laundry". Wingitpresents.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Chicago Improv Festival 2010". Footlights.com. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  7. ↑ "Wing-It Productions Presents Dirty Laundry". Wingitpresents.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  8. ↑ "Great Sketch Experiment". JibJab.
  9. ↑ Michael Arrington Oct 20, 2006 (2006-10-20). "JibJab's "Great Sketch Experiment"". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  10. ↑ http://www.shacknews.com/article/80577/watch-dota-2s-the-international-tournament-this-weekend
  11. ↑ http://www.ongamers.com/articles/kaci-aitchison-to-return-for-the-international-2014/1100-977/
  12. ↑ Aitchison, Kaci. "Millions of people from around the world are watching THIS game". q13fox.com. Fox. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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