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Mrsjdaniels
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Posted on Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 10:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I was watching tonight and I saw her...I wonder how much they are paying :-)
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Danny
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Posted on Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 11:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

An opportunity for her to work with Chicago Tribune owned WGN 9. News. More action packed coverage and higher salary pay of of over $60,000 a year.
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Yvette248
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 5:32 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Doesn't matter. Chicago is a larger market - it's a guaranteed resume booster.
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Young_detroiter
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 11:43 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

According to my inside sources at Fox 2, her skills made her in great demand in the Chicago market, because of her biligualism. She is of Puerto Rican decent and speaks both Spanish and English with great fluency. Even here in Detroit, she was often the reporter sent on beats in southwest Detroit (because of the occasional necessary translations).
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Fury13
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 12:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There is a fairly large Puerto Rican population in Chicago on the northwest side, so she'll be quite an asset to WGN. Congrats to her for moving up in her field.
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Mrsjdaniels
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 1:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I def proud of her...my cousin works for them too - she comes on the am so we cant watch her here - Valerie Warner
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Smogboy
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 1:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Congrats to her. She always was the consumate pro here.

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