Jodi Unruh
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Jodi Unruh is a veteran news anchor and award-winning journalist who retired from the 11:00 pm weekday anchor seat at KVAL-TV
in December of 2007 to spend more time with her family. She has continued to enjoy her love of broadcasting by working as a voice talent locally and nationally. Unruh is also utilizing her years of experience in the media world as the owner and President of a public relations and marketing company, Jodi Unruh and Associates, LLC.
Unruh has more than two decades of experience in the world of media/entertainment news. After graduating from University of Oregon
in Journalism and completing graduate studies at UCLA, Unruh worked in entertainment news in Los Angeles, California for six years where she hosted several nationally syndicated shows for networks like ESPN. Unruh then moved back to Oregon, where she worked as an anchor-reporter in Bend for about a year before heading back to her hometown, Eugene, to work for KVAL-TV
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During her eleven years at KVAL-TV, Unruh received numerous honors that included First Place awards for her reporting in the breaking news category from the Associated Press
and The Society of Professional Journalists. As a board member and honorary chair of several local non-profit groups, Unruh has also been honored for her community service from organizations that included Committed Partners for Youth and The Oregon Humane’s Society.
As a former Miss Oregon USA
, Miss Teen Oregon, Oregon's Homecoming Princess and America's Homecoming princess, Unruh has also enjoyed judging many pageants over the years and working as a pageant coach.
KVAL-TV
KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954...
in December of 2007 to spend more time with her family. She has continued to enjoy her love of broadcasting by working as a voice talent locally and nationally. Unruh is also utilizing her years of experience in the media world as the owner and President of a public relations and marketing company, Jodi Unruh and Associates, LLC.
Unruh has more than two decades of experience in the world of media/entertainment news. After graduating from University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
in Journalism and completing graduate studies at UCLA, Unruh worked in entertainment news in Los Angeles, California for six years where she hosted several nationally syndicated shows for networks like ESPN. Unruh then moved back to Oregon, where she worked as an anchor-reporter in Bend for about a year before heading back to her hometown, Eugene, to work for KVAL-TV
KVAL-TV
KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954...
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During her eleven years at KVAL-TV, Unruh received numerous honors that included First Place awards for her reporting in the breaking news category from the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
and The Society of Professional Journalists. As a board member and honorary chair of several local non-profit groups, Unruh has also been honored for her community service from organizations that included Committed Partners for Youth and The Oregon Humane’s Society.
As a former Miss Oregon USA
Miss Oregon USA
The Miss Oregon USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss USA pageant.Oregon has only had limited success at Miss USA and has never won the competition. The highest placed Miss Oregon USA was Gail Atchison who finished 2nd runner-up to...
, Miss Teen Oregon, Oregon's Homecoming Princess and America's Homecoming princess, Unruh has also enjoyed judging many pageants over the years and working as a pageant coach.