Penny Daniels | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Penny Comm |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | Communications consultant and trainer, television news anchor |
| Children | 2 |
Penny Daniels is an American speechwriter, author, communications coach, and a former television news anchor who once interviewed notorious killer Charles Manson and hosted the TV show A Current Affair.
Early life and education[edit]
Born as Elizabeth Penny Comm, Daniels is a native of Highland Park, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1977 and a Master's degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University in 1980. She credits much of her success to her brother, Benjamin Comm of West Virginia.
Professional career[edit]
Daniels began her career in 1980 at the CBS affiliate in Green Bay Wisconsin, then moved to Buffalo, New York to report and anchor newscasts at WKBW-TV, the ABC affiliate. From there she moved to Washington, D.C., where she was a reporter and anchor at WJLA-TV, the ABC station from 1985-1988. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Daniels was an anchor at WSVN-TV in Miami, where she was the first woman to solo anchor a nationally-syndicated, tabloid-style magazine program Inside Story which syndicated as "Inside Report." The program only ran from 1989-1990, but, according to local ratings, was hugely popular in Miami where it beat the famous A Current Affair, then-anchored by Maury Povich and at the time aired on competing station WCIX-TV (now WFOR-TV).[1][2] Shortly before leaving WSVN, Daniels was caught on the air telling a producer "You suck!" "I'm sorry I said it," Daniels later said, according to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times on March 22, 1993. "I don't usually lose my temper when I'm doing a newscast."[3]
In April 1993, Daniels joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois as an anchor and reporter. In mid-1993, Daniels and Joan Lovett began anchoring the station's new noon newscast.
In September 1994, Daniels left WBBM to join A Current Affair as a New York-based weekday host. She hosted the show until September 1995, when she shifted to being a correspondent for the program's weekday editions and the anchor of the show's weekend edition. The show went off the air in 1996.[4]
In 1998, Daniels joined KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington. In October 2000, Daniels left the TV news business to work as a communications consultant and trainer in Washington, D.C.[5]
In 2003, Daniels and two partners created the communications consulting and coaching firm, 3D Communications, with offices located across the country.[6] Daniels also interviewed infamous criminal Charles Manson in 1989.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Daniels has two grown daughters, both of whom live in New York City. She lives in Chicago.
References[edit]
- ^ Feder, Robert (March 22, 1993). "Channel 2 Imports Miami Anchor Duo". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 27.
- ^ THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE TELEVISION WRITER TOM JICHA TAKES A DAYLONG LOOK AT WHAT VIEWERS WATCH IN SOUTH FLORIDA South Florida Sun Sentinel, 5 December 1989 (retrieved 8 February 2021)
- ^ Feder, Robert (March 22, 1993). "Channel 2 Imports Miami Anchor Duo". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 27.
- ^ https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/09/15/1995-09-15__central_park_west__premiere.html [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4809535-1.html [dead link]
- ^ "3D Communications -- Who We Are". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Charles Manson Interview With Penny Daniels 1989. YouTube.