Director's Cut Alert: Amanda Barren Joins the Channel 3 News Team

Amanda Barren

WKYC News Director Rita Andolsen announced Friday that Amanda Barren will be joining the Channel 3 News team as a multi-media journalist (MMJ).

Amanda comes to WKYC from WSAZ-TV in Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia, where she has worked since January of 2006 as a reporter, anchor and producer for the NBC affiliate.

Before that, she was an anchor, reporter and producer at WJET-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania; WTAP-TV in Parkersburg, West Virginia; and WOUB-TV/Radio in Athens, Ohio.

Amanda is no stranger to Ohio. She grew up Bainbridge, just east of Cleveland, in northeast Ohio. She also attended Ohio University in Athens and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in June 2002.

She tells the Director's Cut Blog, "I am truly excited to come home and do the job that I love, at the station I grew up watching! Getting back to Cleveland has always been my goal, and now it’s my reality. I look forward to telling the stories that are important to my fellow northeast Ohioans."

In her free time Amanda enjoys running, swimming and biking. In September of 2005 she completed her first triathlon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. The experience - most importantly was for a good cause - but also helped her learn a whole lot of discipline! When she's not as motivated, Amanda likes to read, and spend time with her family.

The Director's Cut Blog also hears that Amanda shares one our passions, being a major dog lover.

Amanda will join the Channel 3 News team at the end of June.

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Photo Courtesy of WSAZ-TV

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