Monica Hannan is the news director of KFYR-TV in Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck, North Dakota

Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...

 and anchors The Evening Report and First News at Five.

Career

Monica Hannan started working at KFYR-TV

KFYR-TV

KFYR-TV, ATSC channel 31 , is the NBC affiliated television station for Bismarck, North Dakota. KFYR-TV is the flagship station of NBC North Dakota, a network of four stations that serve most of central and western North Dakota, along with parts of South Dakota and Montana.The station serves the...

 when she was still in high school, but left to attend college. She returned in 1988 after working for several years at KMVT-Tv in Twin Falls, Idaho. In the past, she has been the station's city beat reporter, the political reporter, a consumer reporter, and health reporter. Hannan enjoys writing and has written three books, two of them with her husband, Cliff Naylor. She wrote the 2006 book The Dream Maker which tells the story of Patrick Atkinson, founder of The GOD'S CHILD Project. The books she wrote with her husband are Dakota Day Trips : Discovering North Dakota's Hidden Treasures, and More Dakota Day Trips : Discovering North Dakota's Hidden Treasures.

Personal life

She is married to KFYR morning weathercaster and feature reporter Cliff Naylor and is the mother of three children. She has a bachelors degree in history from Minnesota State University, Moorhead and a master's degree from the University of Mary. She is interested in North Dakota's past and has served as the president of the Bismarck Historical Society. She also serves on the board for North Dakota Catholic Charities..

External links

• Biography at KFYR-TV