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Investigative Reporter Elliott Davis, FOX 2 News-St. Louis

Elliott Davis has distinguished himself as the Elliott’s hard work and commitment to excellence
investigative reporter for FOX 2’s “You Paid For It,” in broadcasting were recognized in 2002 with
KTVI’s popular ongoing investigations into an Emmy Award for the best investigative report,
government waste in our area. Elliott has and the St. Louis Black Journalism awards for
questioned officials from mayors to governors in best television series in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
search for answers. Elliott also co-anchors evening Elliott has received numerous nominations for
newscasts on FOX 2 News on Friday and Saturday. Emmy Awards. He is a past winner of the Illinois
Elliott Davis’ diverse career path led him to FOX 2 Broadcaster’s Award and is a past recipient of
in May 1980, when he joined FOX 2 News as a the National Black Journalist award for best
weekend writer/editor. television series.

Political Commentator Kevin Jackson, Radio Host

Jackson’s path to becoming a political commen- a self-appointed “Offender of the Left,” sworn
tator was not a typical one. Due to the death to set the record straight on the destruction of
of his mother at age five, he was adopted and the black community at the hand of the
raised by his grandparents, who were staunch Democratic Party.
Democrats. He recalls, as a child, watching Ron-
ald Reagan give a speech during his unsuccessful Jackson says, “I was just a poor kid, who was
run for the presidency, after which he said to his fortunate enough to have been exposed to what
grandparents, “Why are we Democrats, when the world has to offer in a most unique way. I wit-
what we believe is what that guy [Reagan] just nessed life through black and white, and through
said?” That moment was pivotal: it became the poverty and wealth. I have always held an optimis-
birth of The Black Sphere and Jackson became tic outlook, and my grandparents instilled in me a
“no-excuses mentality.”

Radio News Anchor, TV personality Wendy Wiese

Wendy Wiese has anchored newscasts, and Girls Club.
interviewed local, state and national newsmakers,
narrated award-winning documentaries, and has Her appearances on KETC-TV’s “Donnybrook”
been a fixture in St. Louis radio for more than 20 at 7 p.m. Thursdays (or 11 a.m. most Sundays)
years. A recipient of Ohio State Radio and are always must-see TV. You may have caught
Television News Directors and Missouri Broad- the show on one of her infrequent nights off, but
casters Association awards and a graduate of “the media veteran herself” is usually there on
Visitation High School and Fontbonne College, provocateur Charlie Brennan’s immediate left as
Wendy is active with Catholic Charities and is a she verbally dukes it out with Ray Hartmann, Bill
board member of the Mathews-Dickey Boys McClellan and Alvin Reid.

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