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Ivory Hecker
Multimedia Journalist

School: Syracuse University
Hometown: Hayward, WI

Ivory is a multimedia journalist for the morning show Good Day Columbia, which airs 5-9 a.m., and the evening news, which airs at 10 p.m. weekdays. Ivory covers live breaking, feature and hard news stories.

Ivory has covered stories for KBJR, the NBC affiliate in Duluth, MN, and WBNG, the CBS affiliate in Binghamton, NY. As a one-man-band, she shoots, writes, edits and reports everything that goes on the air and on the web.

Ivory majored in broadcast journalism at The Newhouse School at Syracuse University. She minored in Global Political Economy at Syracuse’s Maxwell School. She has interned at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, YNN in Syracuse, NY, KBJR-TV in Duluth, MN, and WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY. Before that she was a live on-air announcer for WRLS-FM in her hometown.

Recent Stories by Ivory Hecker

Police looking for witnesses to hit-and-run death   

Police are asking for the community's help after a hit-and-run that killed a man Saturday night.

North cleaning up after a flash flood hit the uninsured town   

Home- and business-owners are cleaning up the day after a flash flood swept through the area.

Local lemonade stand helping in fight against childhood cancer   

A local business is helping teach some life lessons ofits own while raising money in the fight against cancer this weekend.

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