Jennifer Santiago
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Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-Winning reporter for HDNews.
She began her career with WFOR-TV
WFOR-TV
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, the CBS
CBS
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affiliate in Miami. In 1997, she received her law degree, with honors, from Villanova University School of Law
Villanova University School of Law
Villanova University School of Law is the law school of Villanova University, the oldest and largest Catholic University in Pennsylvania. Villanova was founded 150 years ago by the Augustinians, a prominent Roman Catholic teaching order...
in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
where she was also a member of The Villanova Law Review. She produced the independent feature film Runnin' At Midnite, which was selected for several film festivals.
Santiago cites her report that led to then governor Charlie Crist freeing a man named Richard Peay who was sentenced to a 25-year mandatory prison term as the highlight of her professional journalism career, according to an interview she did with Aventura Business Monthly.com
In February 2006, Congressman Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez, but he lost in a three way race to Republican Marco Rubio along with Independent Charlie Crist.-Early life,...
sent President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
a copy of Santiago's report "Return to Haiti", urging the President to halt the deportations of Haitians because of an omission in the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act."Return to Haiti" chronicled the story of an undocumented Haitian migrant who was sent back to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
after living in the United States for 15 years. He left behind three U.S. born children and a wife. "Return to Haiti" won numerous awards and recognition from prominent Haitian Advocates such as Congressman Meek and Haitian-American political activist Marleine Bastien. http://www.fanm.org/about_us/marleine_bastien.html
Santiago, a reported vegetarian, received a Genesis Award in 2007 from the Humane Society of the United States
Humane Society of the United States
The Humane Society of the United States , based in Washington, D.C., is the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. In 2009, HSUS reported assets of over US$160 million....
. The award was given in recognition of a series of reports including "Stopping the Seal Hunt"-- which also appeared on the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
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.http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/08/eveningnews/main1483006.shtml
To mark his first 100 days in office, Florida Governor Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. is an American politician who was the 44th Governor of Florida. Prior to his election as governor, Crist previously served as Florida State Senator, Education Commissioner, and Attorney General...
gave Santiago an exclusive interview in Tallahassee.
Bloggers have called her "the Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
of news" because of her diverse resume and penchant for traveling to third-world countries alone for news stories.
In 1998, Santiago posed for pictorials (under her name at birth, Jennifer Klarman) that appeared in several Playboy
Playboy
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special editions. In one of her pictorials, she posed alongside fellow Villanova Law School graduate and former Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
playmate
Playmate
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Victoria Zdrok
Victoria Zdrok
Victoria Nika Zdrok is a pornographic actress, author, and model of Ukrainian origin. She was chosen as a Playboy Playmate in October 1994. In June 2002 she became Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month, later being chosen as their 2004 Penthouse Pet of the Year...
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Awards for television reporting
- Emmy Winner On Camera-Talent/Focus on South Florida 2007.
- SFBJA Award Reporting "A Sanctuary From Slavery" 2007.
- HSUS Genesis Award "Stopping the Seal Hunt" 2007.
- Emmy Nominee Historic/Cultural Reporting "Meet the Masai"; Public Affairs "Focus on South Florida" 2006.
- Telly Award Winner Reporting "Stopping the Seal Hunt" 2007.
- Chuck Stone Award of Excellence Reporting "A Sanctuary From Slavery"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpLVGko5Xx8 2007.
- Emmy Winner Reporting "Children for Sale"
- Telly Award Winner Reporting "Save the Elephants" 2006.
- Telly Award Winner Reporting "Return to Haiti" 2006.
- SPJ Sunshine State Nominee Investigative Reporting "A Painful Sentence" 2006.
- SPJ Sunshine State Award Investigative Reporting "Return to Haiti"2005.
- SFBJA Award Reporting "Return to Haiti" 2005.
- HSUS Genesis Award Commendation Reporting "Save the Elephants" 2005.
- Emmy Nominee Reporting "Death Row Debate" 2004.