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Award-Winning Journalist Jan Jeffcoat Tapped By Sinclair Broadcast Group To Become Main Anchor Of Its Headline News Service
BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI) today announced the company has hired award-winning anchor Jan Jeffcoat
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[{"type":"text","content":"BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI) today announced the company has hired award-winning anchor Jan Jeffcoat to lead Sinclair's soon-to-be-launched headline news service as main anchor. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSet to premier in early 2021, Sinclair's headline news service will report on news as it happens, providing dynamic and timely journalism and insight that aims to navigate viewers throughout their day. Jeffcoat will lead the service, providing accurate news that doesn't just say what the headlines are, but gives viewers an in-depth look into why each headline matters. \nJeffcoat has a storied career with over 19 years as a television host and TV news anchor. Jeffcoat served as anchor for five years on WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Prior to this, while working with Scripps, Jeffcoat launched and hosted the magazine's national news and entertainment magazine show \"The List.\" Jeffcoat also worked as an anchor for a number of other television stations and broadcast networks including WFLD-Fox Chicago, KRIV-Fox Houston, WBTVCBS Charlotte, and WCSC-CBS Charleston.\nAs the main anchor, Jeffcoat covered some of the biggest national headlines including coverage of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration and the devastation of Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Stemming from her beginnings in South Carolina, Jeffcoat's award-winning coverage has spanned across the U.S., from coverage in Houston of the beltway plane crash to reporting from the 2005 World Series in Chicago. Jeffcoat has won multiple accolades throughout her career including an Emmy and the Murrow Award for her outstanding journalism. \n\"With so much currently going on across the world, being able to be a part of Sinclair and contribute to its remarkable local news coverage is an opportunity to report on news that will impact millions,\" said Jeffcoat. \"As we push through these continuously turbulent times, it's my responsibility and goal as an anchor to provide viewers with the most up-to-date, crucial news and information.\"\nIn addition to Jeffcoat, Cayle Thompson will join Sinclair's headline news service as a live desk anchor. In their roles, Jeffcoat and Thompson will be focusing on top local and national news coverage from around the country, reporting live from Sinclair's Washington, D.C. newsroom. \nThompson joins Sin...