And when someone tells you ‘no,’ ask another station to hire you. Make the most out of your television internships. What career advice do you have for people who are interested in getting into the television news business? We do not rely on producers to generate our forecasts, we do all of our own forecasting for every newscast. There are four meteorologists on the CBS 2 team, but we work alone on a regular basis. The bulk of my time is spent on creating the forecast and building the graphics to support it. How would you describe your typical day preparing for a weather broadcast? The third EMMY was for a compilation of my on-air weather reporting in the category of Outstanding Crafts Achievement for On-Camera Talent-Weather Anchor. I was proud of that coverage since I know we helped a lot of people that evening by talking them through the severe weather outbreak that lasted for several hours. The second EMMY was for our extended coverage of the Fairdale tornado on April 9, 2015. Our weather team won an EMMY for our severe weather long-format special. I grew up watching WBBM so it’s been a dream to work here for the last 14 years. It was definitely the highlight of my career. You were recently recognized by your peers in the television news industry with three Midwest EMMY Awards. I know I zoomed through the broadcast with a super high-pitched voice. I was so incredibly nervous and not used to the weather “green screen.” So instead of awkwardly pointing to the wrong places, I only looked forward and used huge hand gestures. It was at the ABC station in Savannah, Georgia. What was your first weather broadcast like? We turned to the chief meteorologist for answers, a 26-year-old female! This opened my eyes that I could “teach” people about the weather while broadcasting on TV. My job was to answer phones in the weather department and give callers any new information we had on the storm. I figured I’d be safe and around many other people. A friend of mine was interning at Orlando’s CBS television affiliate in sports and suggested I spend the night at the station volunteering with the American Red Cross. I was working at Disney’s Grand Floridian Beach Resort as a lifeguard, so many of my co-workers were Florida natives and they were used to tropical threats. How did you become interested in meteorology?ĭuring my sophomore year at the University of Central Florida, Hurricane Hugo was headed for Florida’s East Coast. I was fascinated with the weather and the dramatic changes it could bring. I have countless memories of star-gazing with my dad and watching storms form and explode.
We spent our summers camping throughout Wisconsin. During grade school, I wanted to be a teacher, just like my parents. I never thought of it as a career for me because only male meteorologists were on television. Growing up, did you ever dream of being a television meteorologist? After years of hard work and dedication, this Emmy-award winning Meteorologist shares her thoughts on what makes her job a dream job. During his downtime, he enjoys fishing, sailing, and listening to music.For Naperville resident Mary Kay Kleist, reporting on the high’s and low’s of the day as an on-air meteorologist at CBS 2 Chicago is a dream come true. He is active in the community and since 1981, he made many visits to schools explaining weather to students. His television career began while he was still schooling and securing a job at WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida as the weekend weathercaster. In addition, he also attended Tulane University and attained a degree in Earth Sciences. He attended Florida State University and received a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. On numerous occasions, he has tacked storms on air for several hours which is something he takes pride in as he is accurate in his weather forecasts.
Since 1979, he has held the AMS’s Broadcast Seal of Approval, and in 2001, he held the National Weather Association’s seal of approval.
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