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LOCAL ANCHORS SELECT FOUR SLPS STUDENT ANCHORS

Look out local St. Louis television anchors! There are some up and coming student anchors that could be anchoring network news in the future.

St. Louis Public Schools have four new student news anchor for the district’s new “Spotlight News” show to be broadcast bi-weekly on SLPS-TV Channel 20.

The student anchors selected are; Nergis Cavitt, 10th grade, Gateway Institute of Technology; Brennen Coleman, 12th grade, Cleveland Naval Junior ROTC Academy;Kenneth Griffin, 12th grade, Cleveland Naval Junior ROTC; and Jaqui Rogers, 11th grade, Metro Academic and Classical High School.

Local television anchors Mike Bush, KSDK-TV Channel 5; Mandy Murphey, KTVI- TV Fox 2 news; Richelle Carey, KMOV-TV Channel 4 and Channel 20 TV host Karen Hylton served as celebrity judges. The purpose of the student newscast is to provide good experience for students interested in becoming journalists.

Kevin Prange, Channel 20’s producer, was impressed with the candidates. “It was wonderful seeing some of the best and the brightest in this district,” he said. “They are eager, they are taking responsibility and we’re looking forward to working with them.

The student response was overwhelming. Twenty-five students auditioned for the anchor positions. The students who were not selected will serve as field reporters covering interesting educational news, activities and events.