Suzanne Le Mignot is a television news anchor and reporter forWBBM-TV inChicago.
Le Mignot earned a bachelor's degree with honors in mass communications from theUniversity of South Florida[1] in 1993.[2]
Le Mignot began her broadcasting career while she was in college, working from 1989 until 1993 at the University of South Florida-owned,PBS-affiliated,WUSF-TV inTampa, Florida as a production assistant and associate producer.[1] She also worked as a news anchor and reporter atRadio & Television Serbia, Trecan Kanal, andRTV Studio B inBelgrade,Serbia from 1991 until 1992.[1]
After college, Le Mignot joinedWBBM radio in Chicago as a news anchor and reporter in 1994. In 1995, she joinedWTMJ-AM inMilwaukee as an anchor-reporter.[3] She also worked briefly as a news anchor atWGN-AM in Chicago before rejoiningWBBM in late 1996.[4]
Le Mignot began working forWBBM-TV as a free-lance reporter in 1995, and moved up to full-time status with the station (and therefore quitWBBM radio) in late 1999,[5] when she became WBBM-TV's correspondent for Chicago's South Side and south suburbs.[6] In 2000, Le Mignot became an early morning news anchor at WBBM-TV, a role she held until 2001, when she returned to dayside general assignment reporting duties.[7][8][9]
In February 2002, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Le Mignot's contract would not be renewed byWBBM-TV, and she briefly left the station.[10] However, she signed a new contract in June 2002 and returned to the station.[11]
In early 2006, Le Mignot became the weekend morning news anchor at WBBM-TV. She current co-anchors with Mike Puccinelli, and she also performs general assignment reporting during the week.[12]
In 2007, WBBM-TV management considered promoting Le Mignot to being weekend evening news anchor. However, station bosses promotedMai Martinez to the role instead.[13][14]
Le Mignot won an Associated Press award in 2007 for a piece she reported on the inability by commuter railroads' bomb-sniffing dogs to detect explosives. She also won local and national Emmy awards in 2008.[1]
Le Mignot lives in theGold Coast area of Chicago with her daughter.[1]