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Connie Leonard is interested in press releases that are newsworthy to the local viewing public. Pitches should be sent via e-mail, either to Leonard or to assignment editor Kristi Schank (kschank@wave3.com). Leonard needs stories that allow the news team to "put a local angle on it." Many press releases she receives are not relevant to the viewers because there is no tie to where they live. She requests to be pitched at least one day in advance.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Her first job was the news director and anchor for the Campbellsville, Kentucky Fox Affiliate, WGRB-TV. She then moved on to WLKY-TV in Louisville as a news reporter. Finally, she joined Wave-TV where she has traveled extensively, covering the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the NCAA Tournament, including Final Fours in 1996, '97, '98, and the Elite Eight in 1999. She covered Kentucky's football team in the Outback Bowl, traveled with Tim Couch to New York when he was nominated for the Heisman Trophy, and traveled to Boise State with the Louisville Cardinals in the Humanitarian Bowl. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Ms. Leonard has covered six Kentucky Derbys and traveled to Gulf Stream Park in 1999 for the Breeders' Cup. Her in-depth sports interviews have included some of sports greats. Two of her Emmy awards have come in Sports Reporting categories. She says the best sports stories are with local athletes who may or may not end up being big stars. Ms Leonard earned her B.A. from Western Kentucky University.

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