Robyne Robinson

Robyne Robinson

Robyne Robinson (born in Chicago, 1961) is an award-winning American television broadcaster and entrepreneur.

Biography

Robyne L. Robinson was born in Chicago as the youngest of two daughters born to schoolteachers. She attended local area schools, graduating from the prestigious Morgan Park Academy in 1979.

Robyne began her professional career tracking news for WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana. Later, she served as Military Affairs reporter for WVEC-TV in the Hampton-Norfolk area of Virginia. The Texas Association of Broadcasters honored her while working at WFAA-TV in Dallas. At WFAA-TV she covered local politics, education and public affairs. While serving as the weekend anchor at WMAR-TV in Baltimore, she was awarded the Gannett-Paul Miller Fellowship for reporting Washington politics.

Currently, she is the co-anchor for Fox affiliate KMSP in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. She is known as the first African-American anchor in the state of Minnesota. and has worked with KMSP-TV since 1995, when KMSP was independent Minnesota 9.

Awards and recognition

* 2005 Upper Midwest Emmy for Best Anchor
* Edward R. Murrow Award
* St. Paul Companies' Pan-African Council Legacy Award
* Media Allies Award, Minnesota Council of Non-Profits
* Minneapolis NAACP Television Industry Award
* Brose's Booty Meat Award 2007

Other activities

In addition to her work in front of the camera, Robinson is closely involved in several non-profit organizations in the Twin Cities area.

Robyne is also a jewelry designer and owner of Rox. Her company sells jewelry in stores throughout the Minneapolis area, as well as Chicago and New York. Her jewelry has been worn by artists such as Madonna, Nicolette Sheridan, and Paula Abdul. Her creations are also displayed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and have been featured on the Tyra Banks Show as well as several national publications including: Seventeen, Cosmo Girl, Today's Black Woman and Launchpad.

Trivia

Robyne is sometimes confused with Robin Roberts, an anchor on ABC's Good Morning America, and Fox 32's (Chicago) Robin Robinson. She also dated Robin Robinson's ex-husband Terry Brantley.

External links

* [http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=516627&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1 KMSP-TV profile]
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* [http://www.roxmpls.com Rox Minneapolis]

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