Judith Moen Stanley (born November 28, 1954), known professionally asJudi Moen andJudith Moen, is a former talk show host and news reporter forWBBM-TV inChicago from 1981 until 1994 and a program host for theTravel Channel in the 1990s.
A Minnesota native, Moen attendedRidgewater College in Minnesota and earned a master's degree in journalism in 1978 fromNorthwestern University'sMedill School of Journalism.[1]
Moen began her broadcasting career working for TV stations inRockford, Illinois andCharleston, South Carolina. In 1981, Moen joinedWBBM-TV in Chicago as the host of the weekday morning public-affairs programDaybreak. Moen also co-hosted the public-affairs programTwo on 2 along withBob Wallace and later withAldo Gandia until the program was canceled in 1988.[2] AfterTwo 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 titledNewday 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 toWTKR-TV inNorfolk, Virginia in the mid-1990s, and also worked for theTravel Channel, hosting a series on romantic inns.
Today, Moen and her husband, Thomas B. Stanley III, live in theAtlanta area and advocates on behalf of people with disabilities.[3]