Jan Jeffcoat

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jan Jeffcoat is a five time Emmyawardwinning television personality Shes made brief appearances on several television shows including NBCs This Is Us Netflixs What If FOXs 911 Family Time as well as Truth Be Told on Apple TV She also has appeared as an actress on Lifetime Movie My Daughter was Stolen In November 2019 she appeared in films In the Line of Duty and Mainstream with director Gia Coppola granddaughter of director Francis Ford Coppola Previously Jan was a morning and evening TV news anchor for WUSATV in Washington DC Jeffcoat was the cohost for The List a national newsentertainment magazine show She was also a morning and afternoon news anchor at WFLDTV in Chicago until 2012 Jeffcoat started anchoring in Chicago in June 2007 She hosted WFLDTVs Good Day Chicago for three years which won an Illinois AP award for Best Newscast in 2008 While in Chicago she won an Edward R Murrow Award for a documentary she hosted Its included extensive content from her time covering the devastation in Haiti following the earthquake in 2010 She also garnered two local Emmy awards for separate reports Before joining Fox Chicago Jeffcoat was a morning anchor at KRIV in Houston TX She worked at KRIV from November 2004 to June 2007 During her time at KRIV the morning show became Houstons fastest growing morning news Before heading to Houston Jeffcoat worked as a morning and noon news anchor for two shows at WBTV in Charlotte NC and WCSCTV in Charleston SC Jeffcoat has claimed she was once the only Texas television personality to anchor four hours of news each day She was named Top Houston Professional whos on the fast track by HTexas Magazine During her first month in Houston she covered a collision on the Sam Houston Tollway Her coverage on the aftermath of that wreck led to a nomination for a Regional Emmy She also received an Emmy nomination for Best Anchor in Texas in 2006 and 2007 as well as two AP awards for anchoring which she ultimately did not win In 2005 and 2006 Jeffcoat was nominated for but also did not win a Star Award by the American Women of Radio and Television for Best OnAir Personality in Houston She was also named 2010 Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year by her alma mater USC