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Jackson, Miss. ABC affiliate appoints Stroy assistant news director

Cheryl Stroy

ABC station WAPT-TV Ch. 16 in Jackson, Miss. has hired Cheryl Stroy as assistant news director. Recently, she held the post of executive producer at WVTM-TV Ch. 13, an NBC station in Birmingham, Ala.

Previously, Stroy held the same post at WNCT-TV Ch. 9, a CBS- and CW Plus affiliate in Greenville, N.C. and was a news producer at ABC outlet WBRZ-TV Ch. 2 in Baton Rouge, La.

She also worked as an associate producer at KSLA-TV Ch. 12, a CBS affiliate in Shreveport, La.

Stroy has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge.

Be sure to congratulate Stroy on Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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