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Tenikka Smith Hughes
Verified
Anchor, WJAX-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
Jacksonville
Beats
Biography
I'm an experienced journalist with a passion for storytelling and community engagement. I currently anchor the 5, 6, 10 & 11 p.m. weekday newscasts for CBS47 & FOX30 Action News Jax, a Cox Media Group property in Jacksonville, Florida. I am an Emmy-nominated journalist & a Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Award recipient. I'm also proud of my contribution to the Action News Jax team's regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Large Market Television. I've been in the news business for 15 years. Prior to making the move to the Jacksonville, I spent five years working as an anchor and reporter with our sister station, WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina. I've also worked at stations in Memphis, Tennessee, and Macon, Georgia. I'm from the small town of Whitakers, North Carolina. I graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina in 2003. I went on to earn a Master’s in Journalism from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland at College Park in 2004. You can often find me spending time in local classrooms, promoting youth literacy and education. I also enjoy connecting with viewers at community events across the area. In my free time, I love traveling and trying new restaurants with my husband.
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Content
By Tenikka Smith Hughes Verified, Jason Boyd| WNCT-TV (Greenville, NC) Verified TARBORO, N.C. — The Annie and Sallie Ann Wheeler Memorial Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce our 2024 scholarship recipient. Kalyn Johnson was named the winner during an Awards program at North Edgecombe High School (NEHS) on May 16. Scholarship co-founder Linwood E. Hinton and Lily Wheeler Lowe, mother of scholarship co-founder Jamaal D. Pittman, announced the winner and made special presentations to all the applicants.
By Tenikka Smith Hughes Verified| WJAX-TV (Jacksonville, FL) Verified JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A local AIDS activist and author is getting into the holiday spirit early with a toy drive for local hospitalized children.
By Tenikka Smith Hughes Verified| WJAX-TV (Jacksonville, FL) Verified A shift in spending habits in the last decade has led to a different approach in determining credit worthiness. Action News Jax talked to an expert about the new tools rolling out this year that could impact your credit score.
Company Info
WJAX-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
New York, New York, United States
'+1 212-975-4321