Gail Huff
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Gail Huff is a former American
broadcast journalist and television reporter for WCVB-TV
, Channel 5, the ABC network
affiliate in Bostonand the wife of Scott Brown
, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. She has been employed as a reporter at WCVB since 1993, working the 3-10 a.m. shift while her daughters, Arianna and Ayla Brown
were growing up. During Brown's campaign, Huff stayed away from news assignments that might have affected her husband's election prospects, and never appeared at campaign events until Brown's victory speech on January 20, 2010.
Less than a year after her husband, Scott Brown, was elected to the US Senate, Gail Huff is signing off at WCVB-TV (Channel 5). Huff, who’d been with the station for 17 years, announced that she would leave WCVB to spend more time with her husband and their full-grown, adult daughters, Ayla and Arianna. Huff has also taken a part-time job as a reporter on WJLA (Channel 7, an ABC affiliate) in Washington, D.C., and plans to split her time between Wrentham and Washington. “This has been one of the most difficult personal or professional decisions I have ever made, but it is the right one for me, because it enables me to spend more time with my husband and family,’’ Huff said. Her last day on the air at WCVB was June 25, 2010.
Huff is a Massachusetts native. She graduated from Waltham High School
and attended Bentley College
, earning a B.S. in Business Communications. She attended graduate classes at Emerson College
before beginning her broadcast career in 1984 as a news anchor at a CBS affiliate in North Carolina. At one time, she hosted a parenting series on the Lifetime Television
network that featured child psychologist, Dr. Penelope Leach
. She starred in singer Digney Fignus' 1984 music video
for the song "The Girl With The Curious Hand."
Huff is a fitness enthusiast who in 2007 took a fitness challenge with Navy Seal applicants. She also enjoys biking at the couple's New Hampshire country home.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
broadcast journalist and television reporter for WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Hearst Television and affiliated with the ABC Television Network. WCVB-TV's studios and transmitter are co-located in Needham, Massachusetts. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations seen in Canada by...
, Channel 5, the ABC network
ABC Network
ABC Network may refer to any of the following:*American Broadcasting Company, a private television network in the United States.*Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, regional radio and television broadcaster in Japan....
affiliate in Bostonand the wife of Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a United States senator.Scott Brown may also refer to:-Sportsmen:*Scott Brown , American college football coach of Kentucky State...
, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. She has been employed as a reporter at WCVB since 1993, working the 3-10 a.m. shift while her daughters, Arianna and Ayla Brown
Ayla Brown
Ayla Marie Brown is an American NCAA basketball player and recording artist from Wrentham, Massachusetts. She is also known for her American Idol showing placing in the Top 16 on season 5 in 2005/06. She is the elder daughter of United States Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts and WCVB-TV...
were growing up. During Brown's campaign, Huff stayed away from news assignments that might have affected her husband's election prospects, and never appeared at campaign events until Brown's victory speech on January 20, 2010.
Less than a year after her husband, Scott Brown, was elected to the US Senate, Gail Huff is signing off at WCVB-TV (Channel 5). Huff, who’d been with the station for 17 years, announced that she would leave WCVB to spend more time with her husband and their full-grown, adult daughters, Ayla and Arianna. Huff has also taken a part-time job as a reporter on WJLA (Channel 7, an ABC affiliate) in Washington, D.C., and plans to split her time between Wrentham and Washington. “This has been one of the most difficult personal or professional decisions I have ever made, but it is the right one for me, because it enables me to spend more time with my husband and family,’’ Huff said. Her last day on the air at WCVB was June 25, 2010.
Huff is a Massachusetts native. She graduated from Waltham High School
Waltham High School
Waltham High School is the only public high school serving the city of Waltham, Massachusetts.-Old School Building:The old Waltham High School was originally constructed in 1902. Designed by Samuel Patch and Robert Glancey, it follows the local contemporary style of Romanesque and Classical...
and attended Bentley College
Bentley College
Bentley University is a private co-educational university in Waltham, Massachusetts, west of Boston. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968...
, earning a B.S. in Business Communications. She attended graduate classes at Emerson College
Emerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
before beginning her broadcast career in 1984 as a news anchor at a CBS affiliate in North Carolina. At one time, she hosted a parenting series on the Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
network that featured child psychologist, Dr. Penelope Leach
Penelope Leach
Dr. Penelope J. Leach is a British psychologist who writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective....
. She starred in singer Digney Fignus' 1984 music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song "The Girl With The Curious Hand."
Huff is a fitness enthusiast who in 2007 took a fitness challenge with Navy Seal applicants. She also enjoys biking at the couple's New Hampshire country home.
External links
- Gail Huff's Two Lives
- Boston Herald, Thursday October 15, 2009; Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa; "Curious Hand"
- Huff is leaving Channel 5.