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Jo Giles |
For the past 3½ years, Giles worked as a reporter/anchor at KPTM Fox 42. She covered everything from presidential visits to the two-year metro school boundary battle to American Idol. In 2005, she received an Associated Press award for a story on Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Nebraska.
One of Giles’ primary responsibilities in her new position will be to cover UNMC’s various diversity initiatives. She succeeds Walter Brooks, who retired earlier this year after seven years in public affairs.
“We’re delighted to add Jo to our team,” said Tom O’Connor, senior associate director, public affairs. “She understands how the media works and will bring great new ideas and energy to our communications efforts.”
A Tampa, Fla. native, Giles came to Nebraska from Columbus, Ga., where she worked as a reporter/fill-in anchor at WTVM-TV (ABC affiliate). During her stint there, she was the city government/politics beat reporter. She also covered education and crime/courts.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis in psychology and African-American studies and her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.