Jeanette Bent
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
KION-TV (Salinas, CA),
The 831,
EIN News,
NewsBreak,
KTVZ-TV (Bend, OR),
KESQ-TV (Thousand Palms, CA),
KRDO-TV (Colorado Springs, CO),
Indybay,
KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara, CA),
KVIA-TV (El Paso, TX),
KMIZ-TV (Columbia, MO),
KMUV-TV (Monterey, CA)
and
Covers:
Culture, Arts, Society, Education, Finance, Business, Entertainment, Local News, Events, Entrepreneurs, Environment, Innovation, Climate, Nature
Interview
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Lois Lane.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
During one of my broadcasts at KION, I accidentally called our former weather man (Dann Cianca) "chief meteoroncas," and that stuck!
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Send me an email anytime! You can also reach out to me on any social media platform.
Who do you wish followed you?
Oprah, Katie Couric and/or Norah O'Donnell.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Yes. I was a reporter for two years during high school at Harbor High's newspaper, The Gangplank.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
What's happening at the Moss Landing battery storage facility? We're hearing reports of smoke... I ended up breaking that story.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
In nature.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Elle magazine.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.