Maureen Naylor

Maureen Hope Naylor (born June 28, 1978) is an American journalist and television news anchor. She did the weekend newscasts for Fresno's KFSN ABC 30 Action News in HD from March 2005 to March 2008. She is now a reporter for KTVU in Oakland/San Francisco.
Early life
Naylor was born and raised in the Bay Area as one of five children. Her mother was raised in Mexico City and her father was raised in Burlingame, California. Naylor had a passion for news and at the same time stayed active in the community, so she went on to UC Davis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied for her degree in broadcast journalism. At the same time she was studying for her major, she was on the lacrosse team. Naylor graduated from Cal Poly.
Journalist
News Career at KCOY and KNVN/KHSL (NCN) 2000-2005
While in San Luis Obispo, Naylor started an internship at KCOY, the CBS affiliate in Santa Maria, California. While at KCOY, she did reporting, news writing, producing and editing for News Source 12. She then went to the other side of the camera and did field reporting for their newscasts. Many of her stories included the Harris Grade fire in 2000.
In December 2001, Naylor left KCOY-TV and was offered a job at KNVN/KHSL in Chico, California as the morning anchor replacing anchor Amy Finley. In January 2002, Naylor teamed up with Matt Keller to anchor at Northern California News and did news break-ins for Your Show Live broadcasting from Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding which ran from 2002 until February 2004. While at NCN, Naylor won an award for best news anchor and best non-traditional news show. Unfortunately, the management at KNVN/KHSL decided to pull the plug on Your Show Live due to low ratings. Naylor teamed up with Matt Keller at NCN for another year before leaving on March 10, 2005, after four years with NCN.
KFSN-TV ABC 30 2005-2008
Naylor debuted on ABC 30 on April 1, 2005, after a big shake up with KFSN's news and weather department in releasing Richard Montano. Naylor anchored the weekends with Jason Oliveira on sports and Craig Herrera on weather (now with KNTV) for one year before Craig Herrera made the big move to KNTV. Ashley Tate (from KYMA) was hired to replace the void left by Craig Herrera along with Itica Milanes (from KPRC). In her current position at KFSN, Naylor covered stories from the Yosemite National Park flooding near Mariposa, California in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, The summer 2006 heatwave and the recent Central Valley freeze in January 2007. Some of her famous interviews at KFSN-TV included Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Journalist Tom Brokaw and Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton. According to emmyssf.com, Naylor won an emmy for her reporting for ABC 30 as a reporter in 2007.
KTVU Oakland 2008 to present
In early March 2008, Naylor left KFSN-TV to take over a new reporting job for KTVU.

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