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Broadcast Journalist Jan Fox: From Shelbyville to D.C.

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Broadcast Journalist Jan Fox: From Shelbyville to D.C.

 

 

Introduction to Jan Fox.   1:51 min.  Interview:  Raymond Elman.  Post-Production:  Lee Skye.  Music: Carmen Cicero,  Recorded via Zoom:  12/16/2024, Miami–Washington, D.C..

 

JAN FOX is a 4-Time TV Emmy Award Winner and holds the prestigious National Consumer Affairs Reporter Award for her work on life-saving Protective Child Car Seat Checks. That long term series of reports also netted her the Annual Total Station Community Service Award for the Washington, D.C. CBS affiliate, WUSA -TV 9.

Fox reported and anchored on WUSA 9 for almost 2 decades. Before that, she anchored the NBC Evening News in Portland, Maine. She also hosted the popular ABC talk show in Boston – “Sunday Open House.” There, she won her first cherished Emmy for LIVE STUDIO SHOW.

Fox has recorded interviews with many impactful people, including Dolly Parton, Maya Angelou, Yo-Yo Ma, Jane Fonda, Steven Spielberg, Gene Wilder, Racquel Welch, Jim Neighbors, Marvin Hagler, Doug Flutie and many others, plus several US Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and a one-liner from H. W. Bush.

Fox retired from TV news broadcasting, and for several years, she has led the award-winning executive communications program – Step Up To the Mic – at George Washington University. Her clients have included Capital One, Accenture, IBM, plus many associations and non-profits.  Fox has coached 175 + TEDx speakers, some with millions of views.

 

The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 8 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

 

JAN FOX IN THE CBS NEWSROOM:   2:09 min.

TV news journalist Jan Fox provides an introduction to the newsroom at CBS Channel 9, WUSA, in Washington, D.C.

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:   1:55 min.

Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

SERENDIPITY:   0:36 sec.

An accordion looks like an easy instrument to play, but I’ll bet it’s pretty scary for a kid. You played saxophone too?

 

SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES:   1:22 min.

Tell us about being a beauty queen in Shelbyville, Indiana.

 

SERENDIPITY:   1:21 min.

Where did you go to school and what did you learn that still informs you today?

 

DEVELOP A VOICE:    4:06 min.

How did a church-raised beauty queen from Shelbyville, Indiana become a year-round resident of the wide open art colony and fishing village of Provincetown, Mass in the early 1970s?

 

SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES:    4:26 min.

Your next giant leap was from Provincetown to Boston television. How did that come about?

 

SELF-CONFIDENCE:     1:02 min.

Many of the successful women I have interviewed talk about “The Imposter Syndrome.” Did you ever experience The Imposter Syndrome, or did you just overrun it?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:    6:13 min.

Tell us about your Sunday morning Boston TV program with Frank Avruch.

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND:    3:50 min.

Tells us about your various TV news jobs that led you from Boston to Portland, Maine to Washington, D.C.

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:    2:14 min.

What has been your experience with sexism and ageism in the news media?

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:    1:48 min.

Describe a difficult assignment or situation with a successful outcome.

 

PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS:    3:46 min.

Have you worked on stories over a long period of time?

 

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS:    3:03 min.

How often did you do in-depth research for your news stories?

 

UNDERSTANDS THE AUDIENCE’S PERSPECTIVE:    1:37 min.

Have you ever been told not to cover a story that you were excited to do.

 

OPEN TO CHANGE, FLEXIBILITY:  5:06 min.

What motivated you to leave TV news?

 

COMMUNITY VALUES:    1:15 min.

Tell us about your work with recently released women prisoners.

 

COLLABORATION:    0:58 sec.

What is your experience with TEDx?

 

SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES:    1:34 min.

What’s your favorite movie?