Posted by Brian on May 25, 2008 at 08:08:26:
In Reply to: Gissy Awards posted by john farrand on May 24, 2008 at 15:29:55:
: Why were the Gissy awards named after Giselle Fernandez, when did she win one and for what.?
Not sure what she exactly did in Chicago but according to imdb, she DID work in Chicago. I'm guessing that's why she got the award. Here's her bio from there:
Giselle Fernandez was born on May 15th 1961, in Mexico but was raised in Southern California.
Fernandez majored in Journalism at Sacramento State University and graduated in 1982. In 1983, Giselle landed her first TV gig in Pueblo Colorado. She worked there until 1985, when she moved back to Los Angeles. She worked at KTLA from 1985-1987 before taking a job in Chicago. In 1989, Giselle left for Miami.
Giselle got her first national news job when she moved to New York. While there, she worked for CBS News and NBC News. When she was at CBS, she anchored "The CBS Evening News", "CBS News this Morning" and the "CBS Weekend News". She also did network news for NBC (such as "Today" (1952) and NBC Nightly News).
In 1997, Giselle returned to Los Angeles to do an entertainment news magazine show known as "Access Hollywood" (1996). She left the show in 1999 and returned to KTLA in 2002.
And also on imdb there's a comments section where someone says:
"Glad she's off KTLA.. she was not good.. I agree... she was the most annoying newscaster. hopefully,, she is a better achicagomedia.orgess."