Английская Википедия:Demetria Kalodimos

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Demetria Kalodimos is a television news presenter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She was formerly an anchor for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville, Tennessee,[1][2] where she appeared on weeknight broadcasts at 6 and 10 p.m.[3]

Biography

Life and education

Kalodimos grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.[2] She earned her bachelor's degree in music education from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she lived in Dodds Hall, in 1981. She later earned a master of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[3] In the early 1990s Kalodimos was part of a lawsuit involving a contractor she hired to build a home. The contractor eventually filed for bankruptcy.[4] In the late 1990s she went through a well-publicized divorce and faced sensational allegations regarding her behavior.[5]

Career

Kalodimos started her journalism career at WICD in Champaign, Illinois. She joined WSMV in Nashville in 1984.[3] In 2000, she started Genuine Human Productions, a documentary film company focusing on people.[6] Her first feature-length documentary was Pre-Madonna, a film about 1970s Nashville.[7] The film won an award of excellence at the 2004 Berkeley Video and Film Festival.[8]

Kalodimos's contract with WSMV expired on December 31, 2017, and was not renewed.[9] She was the longest continuously serving evening news anchor ever at WSMV.[10]

In October 2022, Kalodimos and fellow journalist Steve Cavendish resurrected the Nashville Banner as an online-based news journal. They partnered with WTVF (NewsChannel5), the CBS affiliate in Nashville, to share their content on air.[11]

Honors and awards

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