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Rising Young Executive


Jennifer Wiggins
Producer, WPVI-TV, Philadelphia

 

Few people know what career path to take or what they want to do in life. For Jennifer E. Wiggins the choice was easy... communications. Even as a little girl she had the gift of communication, always telling great stories and painting pictures with words. This unique natural born talent, coupled with a strong education has made Jennifer one of the few "twenty-something" television producers in the country today.

 

She currently oversees a major television news show in a top five-news market. As morning show producer for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, "Rising Young Executive" is only the beginning, as this young producer maven is headed straight to the top of her field!

 

While a freshman in high school Jennifer and her family moved from Chicago to McComb, MS. It was during the summer of her junior year that she first encountered journalism; she was involved in a freak accident that almost left her paralyzed. When she returned to school from summer break, Jennifer had a broken arm with bumps and bruises, her English teacher inquired and Jennifer explained, very dramatically. And after hearing Jennifer's story, the teacher who was also the school's newspaper adviser, asked her to write about it for the school newspaper. The story was a hit on campus and in the local community.

 

After graduating from high school in 1990, Jennifer furthered her education by attending Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, FL where she immediately got involved with the Student Government Association. As a sophomore, Jennifer and another classmate, took over FAMU's defunct yearbook operations and published a $30,000 yearbook on a $2500 budget. Realizing her future was heading in a much bigger direction, Jennifer switched her major from print journalism to broadcast journalism. This was a move that would change her life. After graduating from FAMU in August of 1994. Jennifer accepted an internship at WLS-TV in Chicago, which turned into a part time job, that eventually lead to an associate producing position at WBAL in Baltimore, MD.

 

After two and a half years of moving up the ladder at WBAL as morning producer, Jennifer was offered a morning show in Washington, DC. In the summer of 1999 after two years in DC, Jennifer Wiggins accepted another morning show position, but in this time in Philadelphia at WPVI-TV… the market's number one television station!

 

Currently an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the Chicago Association of Black Journalism (CABJ), Poynter fellow and a NABJ short course instructor… ABC, NBC, CBS, only the major networks hold the next position for Jennifer E. Wiggins, NABFEME Rising Young Executive!

 



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