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Helen Maynard

2015

Weekend Manager,  NewsOne, ABC News

Adjusting metro reporting to population loss  Judge

Helen Maynard has worked with ABC News since 2005. She currently serves as the weekend manager for the affiliate news service, Newsone, supporting network and affiliate coverage of major events including the last two presidential elections, the sex abuse scandal at Penn State and ABC's Peabody Award winning reporting on Hurricane Sandy. Helen started her career as a desk assistant WEWS TV in Cleveland, Ohio. As a producer, she won a local Emmy for news special on teen issues. As a manager, she helped launch Scripps innovative Democracy 2000, an initiative to provide free airtime to political candidates. Helen enjoys working with young journalists and participating in the National Association of Black Journalist's Urban Journalism Workshop.