July 23, 2008
Melanie Moon
Anchor/Reporter
A true "news junkie," Melanie Moon can't imagine doing anything else but report and anchor news for KPLR-TV. This award-winning journalist joined the team in 2000, as a reporter and has contributed as weeknight anchor and weekend anchor, the position she currently holds. She has been recognized four times by the Associated Press for her investigative reporting. She is most proud of her series of reports on child abductions.
Born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL, Melanie got her start in the business while still in college, anchoring a news segment on a Christian television station in Tampa, Florida, alongside her identical twin sister (who now reports for WREG in Memphis.) Since then, she has reported and anchored the news in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Roanoke, Virginia. She studied mass communications and journalism at the University of South Florida and later transferred to Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, where she graduated cum laude. She also spent a semester working for CNN in Washington, D.C.
In addition to her journalistic skills, Melanie is a classically trained pianist and harpist and vocalist. Faith House and Dream House are the non-profit organizations closest to her heart. In June 2002, she was featured on the cover of St. Louis Magazine.
You can watch Melanie Moon on CW 11 News weeknights at 9pm.
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