Jackie Bange

Jackie Bange is the weekend anchor and reporter for independent station WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois. Bange has co-anchored the weekend edition of the station's primetime newscast WGN News at Nine since October 1995. Bange is married with three children.

Career

Bange is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she received her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications. Bange also has an undergraduate degree from Florida State University in Management Information Systems.

Bange began her career as a noon anchor and reporter for

WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 1990, she became a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for NBC owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV in Chicago.^[1] Bange joined WGN-TV in August 1993 as a general assignment reporter, and then was later named co-anchor of the WGN Morning News from January to October 1995 before moving to weekend evenings.^[2]

In 2009, Bange completed the Olympic length of the Chicago Triathlon.

In addition to coverage of local stories, Bange has done reports from international locations, including

Paris and Africa

.

Awards and recognition

Bange won a Regional

Emmy Award

in 1999 for "Best Feature Reporting" for her series on a group of skydivers trying to attain the world record for the largest skydive formation.

In 2005, following the devastating

night-vision goggles, and the report won an award by the Illinois chapter of the Associated Press for "Best Hard News Feature".^[3]

In 2009 Bange won the Peter Lisagor award for hard news and in-depth reporting for a news piece wherein she helped a widow "get justice" for her husband who was killed in a case of suspected drunk driving.^[4]

References

^ "Jackie Bange". www.wgntv.com.
^ "Encyclopedia". www.encyclopedia.com.^{[dead link]}
^ "Local TV's best Emmys honor quality people, productions - Chicago Sun-Times | HighBeam Research". 2012-11-03. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
^ "Home".

External links

Jackie Bange's WGN-TV bio

[1] "Jackie Bange". www.wgntv.com.

[2] "Encyclopedia". www.encyclopedia.com.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Local TV's best Emmys honor quality people, productions - Chicago Sun-Times | HighBeam Research". 2012-11-03. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

[4] "Home".

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