- Wendy Bell O'Toole
Wendy Bell was born
April 4 ,1970 . She grew up inCalabasas, CA , and graduated from theUniversity of Missouri inColumbia, Missouri with a master's degree and also received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado inBoulder, CO .From 1993-1995, Wendy was a reporter for the nationally syndicated program
American Journal .From 1995-1998, Wendy was an anchor and feature reporter for the program
Show Me St.Louis onKSDK-TV inSt. Louis, MO .Since 1998, Wendy has been at
WTAE-TV inPittsburgh, PA . She first started out as the Consumer Watch reporter from 1998-2000. She then started to co-anchor Action News At Noon with Scott Baker from 2000-2004. She then took on additional co-anchor duties on Action News This Morning withKelly Frey from 2002-2006.On June 12, 2006, Wendy became co-anchor of Action News at 5 p.m. with Michelle Wright and at 11 p.m. with Mike Clark.
In 2003, Wendy appeared in the Pennsylvania Miner's Story. This was a movie about the nine trapped miners in the Quecreek Mine in
Somerset, PA . She played a TV news reporter. She was credited as Wendy Bell O'Toole.Wendy has been married since 1998 to Dr. Joe O'Toole, an interventional cardiologist. They have five sons: Michael who was born in 2000, Jack who was born in 2001, Ryan who was born in 2005, and twins Christopher and Bobby born in 2008.
Wendy has won 6 Emmy Awards, a National Headliner Award and a National Edward R. Murrow Award for a story that tested the politeness of everyday Pittsburghers. She transformed her appearance and posed as an 80-year-old woman to see if people would come to the aid of an elderly lady in need. [http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/wtaenewsteam/301752/detail.html]
External links
* [http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/wendybell/ Wendy Bell Yahoo Group]
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