Paula Francis
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Paula Francis | |
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| Born | March 12, 1952 |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Television | KTNV-TV (1985–1990) KLAS-TV (1990–2016) |
Paula Francis (born March 12, 1952)[1] is an American journalist.
Life
[edit]Francis was born in Queens, New York City, New York.[2] Paula's TV news career started in Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Las Vegas in 1985 where she started at KTNV-TV as the evening anchor until she joined KLAS-TV in 1990 as the evening anchor alongside Gary Waddell. Paula has won eight Las Vegas Review-Journal Best of Las Vegas awards and several humanitarian awards for her involvement in the community.
She has appeared in over a dozen episodes as herself as the news anchor in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[3]
Francis retired from anchoring on April 1, 2016.
References
[edit]- ^ "Paula Francis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Paula Francis". 8 News Now KLAS-TV. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
- ^ "Paula Francis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Lawrence, Christopher (February 17, 2016). "Retiring Paula Francis looks back on her three decades at Channel 8". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- Bowers, Nikki (April 2, 2016). "KLAS-TV wishes Las Vegas news legend Paula Francis a happy retirement". KLAS. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
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