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24th Annual Celebration Luncheon

Honoring Latoyia Edwards, NECN Primetime Evening Anchor
 
Save the Date: April 11th, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
at the Danversport Yacht Club

 

For more information, please contact Pat Tobin, Director of Development, at
781.592.9744 ext. 262 or ptobin@girlsinclynn.org.

 

Latoyia Edwards is a primetime evening anchor on NECN, anchoring NECN Tonight, the News at 7, and NECN Business. She joined the NECN family as a morning reporter in 2005, arriving from WWLP-22 in Springfield, MA, where she had been a weekday anchor.  A native of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, Edwards graduated magna cum laude from Emerson College with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She began her career as a news writer for WBZ-1030AM radio, and later reported for the Fox affiliate WICZ-TV 40 in Binghamton, NY.  She first anchored television for MediaOne cable news network, while also reporting as the morning drive news anchor for WILD 1090AM.  Additionally, Edwards has instructed courses for the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. In 2002, Edwards was crowned Miss Massachusetts in the USA pageant. She is married, and greatly enjoys volunteering with youth groups.