Heather Unruh

Heather Unruh is an American journalist. She is best known as a television anchor for News Center 5 in WCVB, where she had worked for over fifteen years.[1][2] Her last airdate was on October 14, 2016,[2] and as of 2017 she was working on documentaries.[1]

Unruh is a 1989 graduate of DePauw University.[3] Unruh went to WCVB in June 2001 after working at KFOR in Oklahoma City where she was early evening anchor and medical reporter. She has also worked at WVTM-TV in Birmingham, Alabama; both WBNG-TV and WMGC-TV in Binghamton, New York; and WVEU-TV in Atlanta.[3]

Unruh received four regional Emmy Awards for journalism,[4] the Clarion Award from Women in Communications, Inc., and the Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television.[5] Unruh is an advocate for lung cancer awareness and has received multiple awards from the American Cancer Society and Uniting Against Lung Cancer.[6]

In 2013 Unruh helped to establish Stand With Everyone Against Rape (SWEAR), a non-profit organization promoting speaking out against rape.[7][8]

On November 8, 2017, Unruh held a press conference in Boston, during which she stated that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her then 18-year-old son in July 2016. The alleged assault occurred at the Club Car restaurant in Nantucket.[9][10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Channel 5 anchor Unruh says women in TV news encouraged to dress 'more provocatively' - The Boston Globe". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Heather Unruh signs off at WCVB".
  3. 1 2 "Heather Unruh '89 Jumps to Boston TV Market - DePauw University".
  4. ↑ Hart, Caroline (30 October 2017). "Sometimes You Just Have To Say "F_CK IT"". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Boston's Heather Unruh '89 Receives Emmy Award - DePauw University".
  6. ↑ "Heather Unruh - the one hundred".
  7. ↑ "Ex-WCVB anchor Heather Unruh and her husband Nick Little lives in Dover with 2 teenage children". 21 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "SWEAR - Stand With Everyone Against Rape". iswearto.homestead.com.
  9. ↑ "Former Boston TV News Anchor Says Kevin Spacey Sexually Assaulted Her Son". CBS Boston. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Hill, Libby (8 November 2017). "Former Boston news anchor accuses Kevin Spacey of assaulting her son, then 18, last year" – via LA Times.
  11. ↑ "Former TV Anchor Says Kevin Spacey Sexually Assaulted Her 18-Year-Old Son". Huffington Post. 8 November 2017.
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