Shawn Yancy

Shawn Yancy (born in Omaha, Nebraska)is a News Anchor for WTTG-TV, FOX 5 News [http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Detail?contentId=5739&version=21&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=5.3.1] in Washington, DC. Shawn co-anchors FOX 5 News at 5pm & 10pm and contributes to the Newsedge @ 6 and 11pm. Shawn previously co-anchored FOX 5 Morning News from 5 to 7am. She joined the FOX 5 News team in September of 2001. Her second day on the job became her first big story in Washington: The September 11th terrorist attacks.

Shawn was awarded a 2007 Regional Edward R. Murrow award for an investigative series on The Asbestos Problems inside the National Instities of Health [ [http://www.rtnda.org/pages/media_items/2008-regional-edward-r.-murrow-winners1005.php RTNDA - Awards - 2008 Regional Edward R. Murrow Winners ] ] . She was awarded an Emmy for "Outstanding News Anchor" in Washington in 2006. [ [http://www.capitalemmys.tv/_awards/emmy_awards.php Capital Emmys - Emmy Awards ] ] She's also been honored with various Associated Press and Golden Quill awards for her reporting on breaking news.

Prior to joining Fox 5, Shawn was an anchor/reporter for WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And an anchor for WKJG-TV, the NBC affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Shawn graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. [ [http://www.aka1908.com/ Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc ] ]

Shawn grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School.

Shawn had a small role as a news anchor in the 2006 film "The Sentinel" starring actors, Michael Douglas, Keifer Sutherland and Eva Longoria.

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