Judith Moen Stanley (born November 28, 1954), known professionally as Judi Moen and Judith Moen, is a former talk show host and news reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago from 1981 until 1994 and a program host for the Travel Channel in the 1990s.
Early life and education
editA Minnesota native, Moen attended Ridgewater College in Minnesota and earned a master's degree in journalism in 1978 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.[1]
Professional career
editMoen began her broadcasting career working for TV stations in Rockford, Illinois and Charleston, South Carolina. In 1981, Moen joined WBBM-TV in Chicago as the host of the weekday morning public-affairs program Daybreak. Moen also co-hosted the public-affairs program Two on 2 along with Bob Wallace and later with Aldo Gandia until the program was canceled in 1988.[2] After Two on 2 was canceled, Moen stayed at WBBM until 1993, working as a fill-in general assignment news reporter and also hosting local weekday morning news cut-ins and a weekend talk show titled Newday Chicago.
Moen left WBBM-TV in 1990 to care for her family, but returned in late 1991 as a part-time and weekend reporter. She left the station for a second time in 1994.
Moen moved to WTKR-TV in Norfolk, Virginia in the mid-1990s, and also worked for the Travel Channel, hosting a series on romantic inns.
Today, Moen and her husband, Thomas B. Stanley III, live in the Atlanta area and advocates on behalf of people with disabilities.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Ridgewater College Theatre History". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ https://www.atlcf.org/www/Documents/2007Annual%20Report%20FINAL.pdf[permanent dead link]