Jennifer Donelan joined ABC7/WJLA-TV in April 2006 and is thrilled to finally be home. Jennifer is a graduate of Robinson High School in Fairfax and returns after spending 10 years on the road pursuing her career.  
 
Most recently, Jennifer was the Chicago-based correspondent for CBS NewsPath, the 24-hour affiliate news service of CBS News. There, Jennifer provided national coverage of such stories as the D.C. Sniper, the Michael Jackson and Kobe Bryant trials, the 2004 Presidential campaign, the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, and several major hurricanes, including Katrina. Internationally she covered the train bombings in Madrid, the death of Pope John Paul II, and the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
 
Prior to joining CBS News, she was the lead crime reporter and fill-in anchor at WDIV-TV in Detroit. Before that, Jennifer was the 5pm co-anchor and general assignment reporter at WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she spearheaded a series of reports about the date-rape drug GHB, which led to the legislation of stricter state drug laws.
 
Jennifer is a 2001 recipient of a merit award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and was recognized as 1998’s "Outstanding Woman of the Year" by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
 
Jennifer is a 1996 graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Government.
 
Jennifer is always looking for stories to tell and invites you to share yours.

 

 

 

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Lee Ivory is a veteran Washington, D.C., journalist and media consultant.

He currently is president and CEO of Ivory Communications, an all-purpose media consulting and marketing firm based in Northern Virginia.

Ivory, 50, held a variety of positions in Gannett Co. Inc., where he worked until December 2007.

Most recently, he was deputy managing editor of USA TODAY’s News and Sports departments. Before that, he was publisher and executive editor of USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a national magazine that specializes in the coverage of college baseball, Major League Baseball and the National Football League.

Ivory is credited with remaking the magazine into a national authority on baseball and football; it was started as Baseball Weekly in 1991.

At USA TODAY, Ivory covered everything from national elections and NASA to national disasters and civil rights.

Ivory also was an award-winning managing editor at Gannett News Service, which covers Congress, the White House and the federal government for Gannett’s 90-plus newspapers.

Ivory is a sought-after motivational speaker. He regularly speaks at colleges and universities across the country and works with at-risk youth in the Washington area.

Ivory currently is president of the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ), an affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). WABJ won Chapter of the Year in 2007, Ivory’s first year at the helm.

In 1981, Ivory – who hails from Hot Springs, Ark. –– graduated Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., with a major in journalism and a minor in Radio/TV. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the university.

Ivory is a board member of the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies at North Carolina A&T University, and is on the advisory board at Stratford University.

He currently lives in Woodbridge, Va.