Jennifer York is a former traffic reporter most notable for her stint on the KTLA Morning News as an aerial traffic reporter.

Gaining her Bachelors degree from UCLA, Jennifer worked as a talent coordinator for Pierre Cossette Productions, contributing to events such as the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards

American Music Awards

-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...

. After graduating from UCLA in 1984, Jennifer started working at Good Morning America

Good Morning America

Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...

, where she was eventually hired and promoted to the Field and Series unit.

In 1987 Jennifer returned to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and quickly became an aerial reporter for KFWB, becoming the second ever female traffic reporter to fly in a helicopter (the first being Kelly Lange, who flew for KABC Radio). In 1991 she joined KTLA

KTLA

KTLA, virtual channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, USA. Owned by the Tribune Company, KTLA is an affiliate of the CW Television Network. KTLA's studios are on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson...

 becoming their aerial traffic reporter while becoming a household name in Southern California

Southern California

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Jennifer has won numerous awards for her performance, earning an Emmy Award

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...

 in 1993 for her coverage of the Malibu fires as well as two more the next year for the Northridge earthquake

Northridge earthquake

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 and her morning news reports. She has also received three Golden Mike Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2003 and another Emmy in 2003. Jennifer has been featured on shows such as Larry King Live

Larry King Live

Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....

, Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...

, and The Leeza Show while having appeared in films such as That Thing You Do, Bandits

Bandits

Bandits is a 2001 American crime-comedy drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Filming began in October 2000 and ended in February 2001. It helped Thornton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001...

, and Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Homicide is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett.The film also features Lena Olin, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Dwight Yoakam and Master P in supporting roles, with Eric Idle making a cameo...

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Jennifer is also an electric and acoustic bassist, performing with the all-female Christian rock group Rachel Rachel

Rachel Rachel (band)

Rachel Rachel was a Contemporary Christian Rock musical group that was active in the early 1990s. The AOR group is best known as the first American female Christian rock group in the history of CCM. Members included Cheryl Jewell , Heli Sterner , Brynn Beltran , Jennifer York , and Jennifer...

(of which she was the founder). The group has recorded two albums and performed at several events such as the Long Beach Jazz Festival, the Pasadena Playboy Jazz Festival, and the Montreal Drum Festival.

During the Mercyhurst College Talent Show scene of Tom Hanks' 1996 movie "That Thing You Do!", Jennifer can be seen as the acoustic bass player for the girl group that is performing in the contest.