WCCB FOX: Charlotte, NC

Anchor/Reporter/Host/Personality/Moderator/Ad-Libber

May 2008-Current

Main Co-Host of Fox News Rising, 4 hour news and entertainment morning chat show, franchise reporting on fitness, gardening, and children related issues (periodic general assignment reporting)

Fitness Instructor: Charlotte NC

AFAA and Turbo Kick Certified

August 2008-Current

Dowd YMCA, Harris YMCA, Urban Active, Ritz Carlton Spa

TURBO Kick, Group Strength, Cardio Dance, Boot Camps

(Teaching up to 10 classes each week… sometimes exceeding 100 people)

WNWO NBC: Toledo, OH

Anchor/Reporter

January 2007-May 2008

Morning Anchor/Reporter, franchise reporting with US Marshals to catch criminals

WWAY ABC: Wilmington, NC

Reporter/Anchor/Video Journalist

January 2005-January 2007

story enterprising, writing, shooting, editing, live reporting and anchoring (all shows all types of stories)

FOX Sports:

Sports Sideline Reporting

2004 (During college at UNC Wilmington)

Awards:

Elevate Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Dec. 2010

Carolina Health and Fitness Cover Girl Summer 2010

Asana Activewear Hero of the Week Spring 2010

Elevate Magazine’s Sexiest News Anchor Summer 2010

Uptown Magazine’s Charlotte’s Sexiest (1 of 5) Winter 2008

NC AP Awards… Best Investigative Piece (2006)

NC AP Awards Best Series (2006)

Honors Degree from UNCW Honors Scholars Association (2005)

UNC-Wilmington Communication Studies 2005 Graduate (Community Health Minor) Honors Degree

Demo Reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gZrNLN1CEk

Anna Kooiman is an energetic, fun, no nonsense host of Fox News Rising in Charlotte, NC. It is 4 hour program consisting of news, entertainment, chat, weather, traffic, and fun. Anna has a way of making viewers pay attention to get informed for their day, while getting them off to a positive start. She is also currently a group exercise instructor, teaching up to 10 classes a week. The classes periodically exceed 100 people. Anna also volunteers at an inner-city after school program to teach kids about exercising and healthy living. Anna has a way of motivating people to do their best at any task.

Anna has been in the television business for 6 years and is ready for her next jump.

Before coming to Charlotte, Anna was a morning anchor at the NBC affiliate in Toledo, OH for a year and a half. She was a franchise reporter for a partnership with US Marshals that helped catch over 100 fugitives.

Anna got her start in television at the ABC affiliate in Wilmington, NC while still in school. She started as an intern and worked her way up to editor, one man band, reporter, and eventually fill in anchor. Anna was a Communication Studies major at UNC-Wilmington. She did some sideline reporting at basketball games for the university. Anna ran varsity track at UNCW and was also the philanthropy chair of her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi. Anna has always been ahead of the game. She flew through college in just 3 years as she was anxious about starting her broadcasting career.

In her free time, Anna enjoys spending time with her friends, family, and 100 pound yellow lab Baxter. She also likes attending and hosting community events, teaching fitness classes, traveling, training for marathons and triathlons.

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