St. Mark’s church and elementary school that my son attended…is gone. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼Praying for all in the LA area, praying for the first responders, and praying very hard for the families of those who have lost loved ones. 💔💔💔 To all who live there, to my many friends - Please evacuate early if needed and stay safe.
Jann Carl learned journalism on the Line O Type staff, MHS.
Here is a good bio about Jann, from Mizzou's J-School, Carthage, Missouri.
Carl found a spark for journalism in Moline, Ill., where she wrote stories for her high school newspaper about getting into discos with fake IDs and the high turnover rate of the local zoo directors.
Graduated from Moline (Illinois) High School in 1978.
Joined "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) on December 4, 1995 as correspondent. Was promoted in 1999 to weekend anchor and substitute anchor.
She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1982 with a degree in broadcast journalism. In 2001, she served as Grand Marshall for 90th University of Missouri homecoming.
Her son, Matthew, suffers from epilepsy.
Has a daughter, Katherine, and a son, Matthew.
Former news anchor for KTLA-TV (5) in Los Angeles.
The Moline High School Hall of Honor planning board is gathering information you have a great candidate please forward the info to Jeanette Donohue Wren c/o MHS office you can pick up applications at MHS or contact me and I can get one to you.
The criteria for nominees--professional and career achievement, personal, and community any year - but 15 years out of MHS. Donations are eagerly accepted for this event..to go forward. It is a good cause to support. Checks can be made out to Moline High School Hall of Honor..and sent to the high school...
HAVE YOU HEARD!?!?!? (Had to use this mule shot for this post...tallest mule in North America!) I'm producing and co-hosting a show called "Small Town Big Deal".
CHECK IT OUT...it leaves you feeling good and THAT my friends is a very good thing! You can get all the info on it and how to watch it at www.smalltownbigdeal.com
Here's my small request...I have 1,373 Facebook Friends.....more than 525 of you have liked our show page.
I'D LOVE IT IF NEARLY ALL of my FB friends would go to Small Town Big Deals FB page and "LIKE" us! Thank you all so very much. xoxo-Jann Feel free with share to your friends!
After I shared Jann's post -
Jann CarlSO right you are Greg!!!!! Loved doing those stories!!! Thanks for sharing...Hope your family and friends will tune in and will also 'like' us on facebook. Family Friendly television needs grass roots support to make it!!!
Jann CarlThanks so much! We are on a mission .... we just got the Seal of Approval from the Parents Television Council and we intend to find a way to keep telling the great American stories that inspire, uplift, engage, entertain, inform and enlighten! We might even do a stock offering similar to the Green Bay Packers...giving everyone the opportunity to own a share of stock in the show so that we can keep the show on the air and 'the people' can take back at least a little bit of control on what gets on TV and their children and grandchildren see.
JANN CARL Jann Carl was born on May 19, 1960 in Carthage, Mo. She attended the Missouri School of Journalism and graduated in 1982. While at Mizzou, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, ODK, the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board and was a Tiger mascot.
From Columbia, Carl moved to Chicago to begin her broadcast news career at ABC affiliate WLS-TV. She later took an offer in Los Angeles to work as a news reporter and later accepted a position as co-host of KABC’s magazine show Eye on L.A. She won three Los Angeles Emmy Awards during her time in the city. In 1996, Carl joinedEntertainment Tonight and worked as a correspondent until 2008.
Today, Carl is developing several projects as head of her own production company. She also serves as a national board member for the Muscular Dystrophy Association for which she has co-hosted an annual Labor Day Telethon for 18 years.
Jann Carl's TV show reminded me of another Moliner, Ken Berry, who starred in F Tropp and Mayberry RFD, besides appearing with Carol Burnett on the Mama's Family skits.
Calling all Calvin Coolidge Junior Highers!!!! Jann Carl here....Was at Coolidge in the 70s. I have a TV show that needs to meet a goal of 5,000 "Likes" on our Facebook page by Thanksgiving! It's called Small Town Big Deal. Help out a fellow Cougar! Please check out our FB page, Like it, and watch a show or two...I think you'll like it!!!!! Thanks so much!!! Jann Carl
Best known for her 14 years at “Entertainment Tonight”, Jann Carl has built a distinguished career in television. She began as a news reporter at WLS in Chicago. Her next move was to Los Angeles, where she reported for KABC, and hosted KABC’s “Eye on L.A.” magazine show. Her work in the market culminated in her selection to co-anchor “News At Ten” at KTLA; during her eight-year tenure she earned three Emmys for news coverage.
When the red carpet beckoned, Carl joined “Entertainment Tonight”, where she was senior correspondent and weekend anchor. Nationally respected for her interviews, she went on the record with America’s biggest stars and most influential newsmakers. The long list includes Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Diane Sawyer, Dan Rather, and Barack & Michelle Obama. She has also co-hosted ABC's "Oscar Countdown" Academy Awards show, the Emmy pre-show, as well as the Tournament of Roses Parade on CBS and HGTV.
Currently, Jann is a founding partner of Yellville Productions, an independent television production company and most recently Co-Executive Produced the series, SOLD!, for The History Channel.
Carl has been a friend of the Muscular Dystrophy Association for 24 years. After co-hosting the MDA Labor Day Telethon in Los Angeles for eight years, she was chosen by Jerry Lewis as a national co-host in 1996. 2012 marked her 17th year on the coast-to-coast broadcast. She has also served on the national board of directors, and as a national vice president. MDA has recognized her contributions with the Directors’ Award and the Paragon Award.
A graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, she lives in Southern California with her husband, David. They have two children.
Jann Carl learned journalism on the Line O Type staff, MHS.
Here is a good bio about Jann, from Mizzou's J-School, Carthage, Missouri.
Carl found a spark for journalism in Moline, Ill., where she wrote stories for her high school newspaper about getting into discos with fake IDs and the high turnover rate of the local zoo directors.
Graduated from Moline (Illinois) High School in 1978.
Joined "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) on December 4, 1995 as correspondent. Was promoted in 1999 to weekend anchor and substitute anchor.
She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1982 with a degree in broadcast journalism. In 2001, she served as Grand Marshall for 90th University of Missouri homecoming.
Her son, Matthew, suffers from epilepsy.
Has a daughter, Katherine, and a son, Matthew.
Former news anchor for KTLA-TV (5) in Los Angeles.
