Jackie Hyland | |
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| Born | Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Televisionjournalist |
Jackie Hyland, born inNew York City, is a televisionnews anchor.[1]
Hyland lived for 10 years inDrumshanbo,County Leitrim,Ireland as a child where she was proficient in Irish folk song and dance, appeared in several Irish magazines and newspapers and did runway work.. After high school she moved to Dublin where she modeled for "The Brand Agency". She returned to New York where she attended St. John's University where she earned a degree in communications with a minor in business.[2]
She began her broadcasting career atABC'sGood Morning America. She subsequently worked at News12 Long Island, and at News12 Westchester, as aproducer, areporter and an anchor. Hyland andBob Lape (formerly ofWABC-TV) also co-hosted a business program called "The CPA Report". She joinedWPIX-TV as a General Assignment Reporter and Anchor in 2000.[3] In August 2005, she joinedWFAA-TV where she anchored the morning news show,Daybreak, and the midday news, for a time she also co-hosted "Good Morning Texas". Hyland left News8 at the end of 2007. Family matters took Hyland and her husband back to New York City. Hyland worked as a freelance reporter forWCBS-TV. She also did some correspondent work for CNBC's "High Net Worth" and "The Business of Innovation", before anchoring forABC News Now. Hyland returned to WPIX as a weekend anchor then general reporter before leaving in April 2011. On September 20, 2011 she joinedWRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC as an evening anchor.[4][5] She left WRAL in June, 2015.[6]
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