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Name: Shannon Brinias
Title: 11 News Anchor
Broadcast Times: 5:30 & 10 p.m.
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Shannon Brinias co-anchors KKTV 11 News at 5:30 and 10:00 with Don Ward. She comes most recently from the CBS affiliate in Seattle, Washington. She's no stranger to Colorado, having worked as an anchor/reporter at KMGH-TV in Denver for three years before heading to Seattle. She and her family are glad to be back in Colorado, where they have many relatives and friends.
After growing up in Arizona and Washington State, Shannon attended Pacific Lutheran University as a National Merit Scholar, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and French, graduating in 3 1/2 years. Her first industry jobs brought her close to the Rocky Mountains, anchoring the news at stations in Western Nebraska and Wyoming. Over the course of her extensive career in television news, she has also worked at stations in Reno, Portland, and Spokane.
A four-time Emmy-nominated journalist, Shannon's reports have won several awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists' top honor for "Best Series". Her investigation into why city officials were stonewalling organizers of a state's Law Officers' Memorial paved the way for the memorial wall's creation in Reno, Nevada. She has covered flooding and ice storms in Oregon, volcano activity and earthquakes in Washington, Nevada's wild horses, tornadoes, protests and politics in Colorado.
Shannon has been active in the Junior League and mentoring programs. Currently, she's on the board of directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and volunteers with the March of Dimes. She's also committed to the United Way and the American Heart Association, two of KKTV's partner charity organizations.
Shannon can trace her passion for television journalism back to high school. That's when she watched "The Year of Living Dangerously" about a foreign correspondent exposing corruption in Indonesia, at roughly the same time she was given a guest slot to offer student editorial on a local TV station. "In my mind, I was going to be the female version of the Mel Gibson character! Only later did I decide that roughing it in Third-World countries might not be for me." Instead, she's chosen to dedicate her career to providing news to local viewers in Colorado and elsewhere. "I identify with our viewers, and the issues they're facing. I feel privileged to share important information with them, and know that they trust me to deliver it to them. But also, I just think it's the greatest job in the world. Every day you do and learn something new and different. What other job can give you that?"
In her spare time, Shannon likes to get in some of her favorite activities... skiing, hiking, golf and tennis, with her husband and daughter.
Fun Facts
Favorite Movie: Year of Living Dangerously
Favorite Celebrity: the late Katherine Hepburn
Favorite TV Show: Entourage
Favorite Classic TV Show: Love Boat
Favorite Song: Into the Mystic-Van Morrison
Favorite Musician: Bono & U2
Favorite Snack: Black Licorice
Favorite Food: so many... seared ahi, cornbread, coconut cream white chocolate pie
Favorite Animal: Lemur
Favorite Vacation Spot: Nantucket, Roche Harbor
Favorite Website: NY Times; NY Post
Hidden Talent: Solid tennis backhand
Guilty Pleasure: Reading in the tub
Favorite Sport: Football
Favorite Sport Team: Whoever's the long shot
Favorite Camping Spot: Cottonwood Lake
Your Dream Interview: Condoleeza Rice
Your First (big) Interview: Sen. Bob Kerry
Your Worst Nightmare Interview: Almost not getting then-VP Al Gore; after several minutes of vocal & persuasive protests on our part, he agreed to the interview.
Your Most Memorable Interview: Interviewing some tourist bus accident survivors who only spoke French; had to rely on my college french education to talk to them!
Your Dream Vacation: a sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands with several of my closest friends.
I wish I could: sing
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