Florida-based independent TV station WJXT-TV Ch. 4 has hired Alessandra Pontbriand as a sports anchor and reporter.
Previously, Pontbriand was an interim sports director at Springfield, Ill. stations WICS-TV Ch. 20 (an ABC affiliate) and WRSP-TV Ch. 55 (a Fox affiliate).
A former sports anchor and reporter, she also held the posts of production intern, producer trainee, sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at WVUA-TV Ch. 23, owned and operated by the University of Alabama.
Pontbriand has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Alabama.
You can congratulate Pontbriand on Twitter.
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