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Trisha Shepherd is the anchor for the 5, 6, 7, and 11 p.m. newscasts on WRTV-TV. [CR-LF][CR-LF]She joined the 6News team from WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa where she anchored the morning news. Before moving to Iowa, she spent eight years as an anchor/reporter for WCIA-TV in Champaign, Ill. She started her career at WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wis. [CR-LF][CR-LF]For her news coverage, Ms. Shepherd has won several awards. She won an Associated Press Investigative Report award for a piece exposing alleged problems with the foster care system in Illinois. She also has two Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Awards for her ongoing coverage of the Class of 2000; reports that followed a group of teenagers from their freshman to senior year in high school.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Ms. Sheperd is passionate about helping children. She recently hosted a major fundraising event for the Jackson Center, which provides therapy for children with cerebral palsy and appeared as "Snow White" in a children's theatre production at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. She is also a member of the Pacers' "Read to Achieve" All-Star Reading Team. A native of Chicago, she holds a B.A. degree in communications, media and theater from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis. In her spare time, she enjoys biking, hiking, swimming and camping. She is fluent in Spanish.

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