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Jennifer Leslie has been with WATL-TV since January of 1998. She currently serves as an anchor covering local and city/metropolitan news. Prior to her work there, Jennifer was a General Assignment Reporter for WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida, WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee and KJAC-TV in Port Arthur/Beaumont, Texas.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Leslie has received four additional Emmy nominations for consumer series, specialty reporting and field reporting. She is also the recipient of two Southern Regional Emmy Awards, in 2003 for Medical Series Reporting and in 2000 for Spot News Reporting. While working at WPTV in 1997, she was honored as a Telly Award finalist for investigative reporting. Leslie was also recognized by the Tennessee AP Broadcasters Association and the Press Club of Southeast Texas early in her career.[CR-LF][CR-LF]She is a summa cum laude graduate of Southern Methodist University where she earned her bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in English and Women's Studies. She is now an active member of SMU's Alumni Association. [CR-LF][CR-LF]In her free time, Leslie is involved with various community organizations including the Junior League of Atlanta, the Georgia Radio Reading Service and the Atlanta Food Bank. She also serves as a youth counselor at Dunwoody United Methodist Church. She is married and lives in Atlanta.

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