Ruth Todd

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Ruth Todd
Born
Occupation Journalist
Notable credit(s)News Anchor at KSL 5 (1992-2001); News Anchor at ABC 4 (2001-2007)
SpouseBryan Todd
Family5 children

Ruth Todd is a Salt Lake City television news anchor. She most recently worked in television for KTVX ABC4. Ruth joined the ABC4 news team in December 2001, but first appeared on-air on April 15, 2002, as the station's primary female anchor. Her last newscast was on February 28, 2007, after her five-year contract expired.

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Todd began her broadcasting career at KBYU-TV while a student at Brigham Young University. After graduating, Ruth began as a reporter and news brief anchor at KUTV News in Salt Lake City. She has been a reporter and anchor in Phoenix, Arizona at KTVK and both the ABC and CBS stations in Washington, D.C.

From Channel 5 to Channel 4

Ruth joined KSL Television in 1992 as an anchorwoman for "Eyewitness News Saturday Morning". She then was assigned to co-anchor "Eyewitness News at Noon" with Steve Eagar. Ruth became a quick favorite to KSL Execs and Utah viewers. Two and a half years later, she joined Dick Nourse on the top-rated "Eyewitness News at 10 p.m."

After ten years, Ruth and KSL parted ways after both could not come to terms on a new contract deal. She left Channel 5 and joined KTVX channel 4 on December 13, 2001.

Ruth joined News 4 Utah as co-anchor of "ABC 4 News" at 10 p.m. She was first paired with veteran Salt Lake news anchor Randall Carlisle. In 2004, Terry Wood became Ruth's co-anchor at 10. From 1994 to 1996, Ruth, Randall, and Terry were all late-night competitors on different stations (Todd on Channel 5, Carlisle on Channel 4, and Wood on Channel 2).

Ruth now works as VP of Public Affairs at Nu Skin Enterprises and the Public Affairs Department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [1]

Career highlights

Past News Team Members

Preceded by
Carole Mikita
KSL Television 10pm Female Anchor
1994 2001
Succeeded by
Nadine Wimmer
Preceded by
Amy Troy
KTVX Television 10 pm Female Anchor
2002 2007
Succeeded by
Barbara Smith

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References

  1. Walker, Joseph (August 4, 2013), "LDS Church begins using new temple film", Deseret News , retrieved 2013-08-22