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Tammy Eswick

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As seen in: Scripps News, MSN, WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA), WCPO-TV (Cincinnati, OH), WCVB-TV (Boston, MA), WPTV-TV (West Palm Beach, FL), WXYZ-TV (Southfield, MI), WESH-TV (Orlando, FL), KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ), KSTU-TV (Salt Lake City, UT), WBAL-TV (Baltimore, MD) and
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Tammy Eswick’s Biography

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Born and raised in New Orleans East, Tammy Estwick said her journey at WDSU started in high school.

She served as a co-host of the Homework Assistance Program, a live production of the Orleans Parish School Board where kids helped other kids with their homework.

After graduating from college, Tammy accepted her first job behind the scenes at WLOX in Biloxi, Miss. A short while later, she became an editor at WDSU in New Orleans, (yep she's been here before) then made her way to her first on-air …

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Articles

African American organ donors are in short supply

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By Tammy Eswick , Lauren Magarino , Alex Arger
| Scripps News
On any given day, around 100,000 people — or about the seating capacity of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — are waiting for some sort of organ, according to Health and Human Services. An organ donor gives a part of their body, whether tissue or an actual organ, to another person — something the Geselowitz family has experienced. Charlene Geselowitz is the mother of an organ donor. “This is our beautiful daughter, Carly Rose. She will forever be 3.
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Missouri man claims he killed his ailing wife at the hospital because he couldn’t afford her care Original

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By Taylor O'Bier , Tammy Eswick 
| Scripps News
A Missouri man allegedly strangled his ailing wife because he couldn’t care for her anymore, according to court documents obtained by Court TV. Ronnie Wiggs was arrested Friday in Jackson County and charged with second-degree murder. Authorities say Wiggs “choked” his wife as she lay in a hospital bed. A “Code Blue” was called and medical staff were able to regain her pulse, but she had no brain activity, states a probable-cause statement. The victim was at the hospital for a new port for dialysis.
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Apple unlawfully interrogated NYC employees about union support, labor board says Original

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By Taylor O'Bier , Tammy Eswick , Justin Boggs 
| Scripps News
A federal labor board ruled Apple violated labor laws when a retail store manager in New York City interrogated employees about potentially joining a union and prohibited union fliers from being distributed in the store’s break room. The National Labor Relations Board published its ruling on Monday, upholding an administrative judge’s decision that Apple infringed on sections of the National Labor Relations Act that protect employees' rights to form and support a labor organization.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job, anchoring the morning newscast at WXVT-TV in Greenville, Mississippi. Boy, talk about nervous. My foot kept tapping the desk.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Email is best. I find that the way a person writes what they need tells a lot about how digestible the story will be to the public.

What's your favorite social network?

While I've mastered social media and how to use it for journalism, I'm not a huge fan of the platform.

Awards

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2015 - Best News Reporter

The 2015 Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters awards "Best TV Reporter" award for Tammy Estwick

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