Melissa McDermott is a former reporter for CBS News. She is best known for being an anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute.
Biography[edit]
Melissa McDermott is the daughter of Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame member and longtime Wichita, Kansas media personality "Ol' Mike" Oatman.[1] She graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in broadcast news from the William Allen White School of Journalism and received her master's degree in Psychology from Pace University in New York. She worked as the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. anchor at KAYS-TV (now KBSH) in Hays, Kansas.
She worked at KSNW-TV in Wichita, Kansas, initially going by the name of Melissa Beck. She and her ex-husband, Todd McDermott, were named co-anchors at KSNW.
McDermott later worked as 6 p.m. anchor and won several awards as an investigative reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, DC.
From 2000 through March, 2006, Melissa McDermott anchored CBS's overnight newscast, Up to the Minute.
McDermott now lives in the New York City area and is working on a number of documentaries. She has two children. Melissa worked as a clinician at St Christopher.inc in Dobbs Ferry NY, and helping at-risk youth and their families prepare for their lives ahead.
Accomplishments[edit]
Melissa McDermott has covered presidential campaigns, the Oklahoma City bombing, and other events. She has received many awards; including a national and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the SPJ Dateline Award, three Heartland Emmy Awards, an Ohio State Award, a National AP Award, a National Iris Award, and an Emmy Award.
References[edit]
- ^ "Kansas Association of Broadcasters Transmitter, Volume 42, No. 1 - January 31, 2003". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
He is survived by his wife, Pegi of Wichita; three children, all in the broadcast business: Daughter Melissa (Beck) McDermott, New York City; Andy Oatman, Tulsa; and Richard Oatman, Kansas City; and seven grandchildren.
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