Jill Cordes
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Jill Cordes | |
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 Jill Cordes (right) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island | |
| Born | December 29, 1969 Pullman Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Phil Johnston |
Jill Lynette Cordes (born December 29, 1969, in Pullman, Washington) writes the Fearless Feisty Mama blog for Parents Magazine. She began her television career as a reporter in Rapid City, South Dakota. She became a general assignment reporter for KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, then served as the morning anchor at KETV in Omaha, Nebraska, and eventually to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a reporter for WCCO-TV.[1] Cordes was one of the original four finalists to serve as co-host to Barbara Walters on The View in 1999.[1] She was host of the award-winning show The Best Of on the Food Network for six years, hosted HGTV program My First Place and appeared in a slew of other shows and webisodes including My First Baby.
She is a graduate of Penn State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1992. She also earned a minor in political science.[1]
Cordes lives with her husband Phil Johnston in Park Slope, Brooklyn after having lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Biography of Jill Cordes". All American Speakers. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ Wang, Beverly (April 21, 2003). "King's Bounty". Brooklyn Papet. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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