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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

Richland County funds major apartment renovations in the northeast   

Twenty-four families in northeast Richland County now have much nicer and earth-friendly homes.

Dog attacks on letter carriers unusually high this year   

What is it about mail carriers that gets dogs so riled up? The number of postal workers bitten by dogs so far this year in the state is inching very close to the total number of attacks last year.

Powerball jackpot reaches $550 million, second highest ever   

The Powerball jackpot is at its second larest size ever after no one won the drawing Wednesday.

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