- Melanie Hebert
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Melanie Hebert (born Melanie Ann Hebert in Marrero, Louisiana, the westbank of New Orleans) is the co-anchor of the morning news for the NBC affiliate WDSU NewsChannel 6 in New Orleans.
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Career
Hebert's TV career began in Los Angeles with the entertainment news magazine Extra, before returning to Louisiana to join WVLA, the NBC affiliate in Baton Rouge, as a news anchor and reporter. During this time, she covered Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and co-anchored a two week special for the Olympics, "Baton Rouge to Athens", on which she also served as Executive Producer.[1][2]
Her success in Baton Rouge and the national attention generated by Hurricane Katrina, lead Hebert to return to California in 2005 where she became the morning and noon anchor for KESQ in Palm Springs. The morning news team received an Emmy Award for the devastating wildfires in California. Hebert returned to New Orleans to produce a one week special covering the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina while working at KESQ.[3][4]
In June 2008, Hebert once more returned to Louisiana to join the WDSU NewsChannel 6 team in New Orleans as the morning anchor.[5]
She has also served as the Director of Publicity for the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre and has been involved in charity work with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, United Way, and Louisiana Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association.[6][7]
Education
Melanie Hebert attended Dominican High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts before attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. At LSU she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and was a member and captain of the Golden Girls dance team.[8][9]
Hebert was crowned the 2001 LSU Homecoming Queen.[10][11]
References
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4359123
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4359123
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4359123
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4359123
- ^ http://www.wdsu.com/station/16772937/detail.html
- ^ http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4359123
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