Cynthia Santana

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Cynthia Santana is a former American television news reporter and anchor.

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Early life and education

She was born and raised along the Arizona-Mexico border, Santana earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University in journalism and broadcast production in 1993. [1]

Professional career

Santana began her professional career in radio, and then shifted to television, taking a job at KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she worked from 1992 until September 1993. [2] Santana then worked as a weekday news anchor at KOLD-TV in Tucson, Arizona from 1993 until 1996. From 1996 until October 2001, Santana was a weekend anchor and primary weekday fill-in anchor at WNYW-TV in New York City. [3] [4]

In January 2002, Santana joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as the station's weekend co-anchor. [5] In June 2003, Santana resigned from WBBM.

In 2004, Santana became a producer, writer and narrator for Morgan Howard Productions, a visual communications company in Kirkland, Washington owned by her husband. She is the mother of Roan Abraham Howard, who currently attends Stanford University. [1]

Santana currently works as the Communications Manager at the Seattle Office of Labor Standards. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "At the Intersection of Native Culture and Business | Seattle, WA". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  2. Mogel, Leonard (2004). This Business of Broadcasting: A Practical Guide to Jobs & Job Opportunities in the Broadcasting Industry . Billboard Books. p.  102. ISBN   9780823077304. Cynthia Santana WNYW.
  3. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4815668-1.html [ dead link ]
  4. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/09/22/2001-09-22_ch__5_axes_on-air_trio.html [ permanent dead link ]
  5. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5273/is_200201/ai_n20683740 [ bare URL ]
  6. name="https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards"