A self-described foodie, Rocco is on a quest for the best taco places and any eateries that offer gluten-free menu items, important since she was diagnosed with Celiac disease when she was 25. One of the things Rocco says she’s looking forward to the most in her new adoptive city is tasting her way through San Antonio’s rich and diverse restaurant scene. "To me, that’s really great and valuable and one of the best parts of what we do.” I love telling people’s stories," she says. She has also anchored and reported in Boston and Philadelphia. Andrew Cuomo as well as many other headline-grabbing assignments. Rocco also covered the resignation of Gov. She spent months covering the pandemic when it was at its worst, including lockdowns that brought the bustling city that never sleeps to a near ghost town of deserted streets and closed doors. She spent the last six years at WABC in New York City as a general assignment reporter. I’m really excited to meet the people of this city and to tell some of their stories and become integrated in their community.”ĭiana Rocco reports for WABC in New York City Courtesy, Diana Rocco “I’ve been taken back by the beauty of this city. Having visited several times, she fell in love with the Alamo City’s people and culture. “They are a really hard-working group of people which is one of the reasons why I wanted to join this team because they really care about the community.” They have made me feel like a member of the team right out of the gate,” says Rocco. Joleen is also a member of the Downtown Club of Oklahoma City and the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City.“They’ve been so welcoming. Joleen travels the state speaking to women’s groups and to high school students as a baccalaureate and a graduation speaker. She is currently an honorary board member of the Children’s Hospital and puts together a biweekly segment called “A Heart for Kids” highlighting Oklahoma children who undergo live saving surgery made possible by an endowed program funded by The Children’s Hospital Foundation fundraising. Joleen was also a member of ionOklahoma Magazine’s “30 under 30 NextGen” inaugural class to honor Oklahomans under the age of 30 for outstanding career achievement. Joleen ran her first full marathon in April 2012, completing the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and has run countless half marathons across Oklahoma. She has run and cycled in events to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and the American Diabetes Association. In 2011 Joleen completed a half ironman triathlon, helping raise several thousand dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Oklahoma. A lifelong athlete, Joleen participates in and emcees races across the state as well as volunteers her time emceeing events benefitting Oklahoma nonprofits. When Joleen is not reporting the news you can catch her running or hiking. She was also part of KFOR-TV’s multiple Emmy award winning team for coverage of the May 2013 Moore tornado and nominated for an Emmy for a military piece highlighting the medical journey and limb transplants of a bilateral amputee veteran. Joleen has won multiple Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters awards. In 2010 Joleen was nominated for a Heartland Emmy for breaking news tornado coverage. Joleen has been honored by the Associated Press for “Best Reporter Portfolio” and by the Society of Professional Journalists for criminal justice reporting, diversity reporting, and feature reporting. Growing up, her mother would often tell her stories that always began with “Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Joleen.” Now, Joleen is a professional storyteller, telling the stories of Oklahomans each day on KFOR News 4. Joleen is a sixth generation Oklahoman, born in Fairview and raised in Rush Springs – and, no, Joleen wasn’t the watermelon queen! Joleen is a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma, and her family still has ties to the tribal land where they once lived and farmed. From June 2014 to June 2016 she worked at another local television station but returned home to her KFOR family as the weekday 4pm anchor and was later promoted to main evening anchor following the retirement of legendary Oklahoma journalist Linda Cavanaugh. Within a year, she was back at KFOR-TV anchoring and reporting the news. Three months later, Joleen landed her first on-air job as a morning anchor at KAUZ-TV in Wichita Falls, TX during her senior year of college at Cameron University where she was involved in the Honor’s Program. Within a week she was hired behind the scenes as a weekend writer and assignment editor. That was the beginning of her television career after she walked in off the street one day and made herself an intern. Joleen Chaney first joined the KFOR News 4 team in June 2007.
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