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Demetria Kalodimos is a television news presenter based in Nashville, Tennessee. She was formerly an anchor for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville, Tennessee,[2][3] where she appeared on weeknight broadcasts at 6 and 10 p.m.[1]
Demetria Kalodimos | |
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| Born | |
| Education | B.S. in music, Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S. in journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Occupation | Television news anchor |
| Spouse | Verlon Thompson[1] |
Life and education
Kalodimos grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.[3] She earned her bachelor's degree in music education from Illinois Wesleyan University, where she lived in Dodds Hall, in 1981. She later earned a master of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[1] In the early 1990s Kalodimos was part of a lawsuit involving a contractor she hired to build a home. The contractor eventually filed for bankruptcy.[4] In the late 1990s she went through a well-publicized divorce and faced sensational allegations regarding her behavior.[5]
Career
Kalodimos started her journalism career at WICD in Champaign, Illinois. She joined WSMV in Nashville in 1984.[1] In 2000, she started Genuine Human Productions, a documentary film company focusing on people.[6] Her first feature-length documentary was Pre-Madonna, a film about 1970s Nashville.[7] The film won an award of excellence at the 2004 Berkeley Video and Film Festival.[8]
Kalodimos's contract with WSMV expired on December 31, 2017, and was not renewed.[9] She was the longest continuously serving evening news anchor ever at WSMV.[10]
In October 2022, Kalodimos and fellow journalist Steve Cavendish resurrected the Nashville Banner as an online-based news journal. They partnered with WTVF (NewsChannel5), the CBS affiliate in Nashville, to share their content on air.[11]
- 1995 - Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for television investigative journalism[12]
- 2005 - Favorite Local News Anchor, Out and About Newspaper[13]
- 2007 - Honorary doctor of humane letters from Illinois Wesleyan University[14]
- 2007 - Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for television investigative journalism[15]
- 2 National Headliner Awards[16]
- 15 Emmy Awards[16]
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