Renee Sams

Renee Sams is a news anchor/reporter in Los Angeles, California. In 2005, she won the coveted Emmy for Outstanding Feature Reporter in LA. She was also nominated in various categories. Her credentials are as follows:

ANCHOR / REPORTER

KTLA, CHANNEL 5, Tribune Broadcasting • ANCHOR • INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER • ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER Live From The Oscars Tribune Broadcasting Group • LIVE REPORTER • SWEEPS SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER • ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM CO-HOST/PRODUCER/WRITER • SPORTSCASTER • PRODUCER • BUSINESS NEWS • WEATHER

KSWB, CHANNEL 5, Tribune Broadcasting • MORNING SHOW ANCHOR

LIVE REPORTER

FOX 11 NEWS, KTTV, Los Angeles & KCOP 13, MY NETWORK TV, Fox Broadcasting Co. 2006 • BREAKING NEWS REPORTER • FEATURE REPORTER

LIVE WEBCAST REPORTER

World Resources Institute Honors...New York, New York 2007 • Exclusive Reporter/Interviewer, Webcast...from Al Gore to GE's Jeff Immelt and SC Johnson II to former political heads of state under Clinton and Reagan Administrations

Wirefly X Prize Cup, a NASA-sponsored LIVE EVENT OCTOBER 2006 • LIVE Webcast REPORTER/PRODUCER 30 live hits over 2-day Remote on www.space.com The great space expedition on Earth including the $2 million Northrup Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge presented by NASA

SPECIALS INTERVIEWER

• Celebrity Genre: Bob Hope, Cher, Paul McCartney, (Music, Film, Television) • Corporate CEO's (Fortune 500 to small business owner) • Political Heads of State, Government Officials, Civic Leaders, Dignitaries • Veterans, Police Officers, Firefighters, Coroners, Scientists, Priest/Preachers, Best-selling authors • Real People Genre: Parents, Children, Saints (Mother Antonia, Founders: All God Children), & Sinners (Convicted Criminals), Recovering Alcoholics/[...] Abusers, Victims (Fires, Floods, Theft, Abandonment, [...] Abuse, Infidelity), Widowers, Runaways, Gang-bangers, Former Prostitutes (Children of the Night) • Just about every subject matter covered

ANCHOR Highlights:

• #1 News At 10PM Weekends KTLA Los Angeles • Increased ratings at KSWB San Diego as Fill-In Anchor

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER Highlights:

• Emmy-winning Reports: Traffic Meltdown Series, Born Behind Bars, Confessions of a Catholic Priest • Garnered the highest rated 10:45 special reports. Most notably, PART 4 of Traffic Series • Authored a special investigation website that received over 100 viewer email responses. • Utilized all KTLA resources by air (Sky Cam 5)/ground/web to tackle one of the most important issues affecting the greater Los Angeles area--Traffic. • Improved Weekend ratings wherever my special reports were placed.

ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER Highlights

• LIVE AT THE OSCARS for TRIBUNE BROADCASTING GROUP. • “Best live coverage for the Oscars in 4 year history.�? Executive Producer, Oscars Coverage, Tribune Broadcasting Group

LIVE REPORTER Highlights

• Reported/Produced EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes trail of a [...] OFFENDER that caused the suspect to turn himself in immediately following the broadcast. Confirmed by the Santa Clarita PD. • Stories picked up by CNN for rebroadcast — most notably-LONG BEACH [...]. After 6 years of terrorizing women in Long Beach area, suspect caught the day after my segment ran. • Covered every major story from 2001-2005 including Natalee Holloway LIVE Update from Aruba • LOS ANGELES TIMES Fill-in--Business News. • LIVE Reagan Memorial Coverage for Tribune Broadcasting Group--multiple Live hits/tags

SWEEPS SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER Highlights

• Emmy-winner/Multiple Nominations • Granted exclusive access into LaMesa Prison, Tijuana, Mexico to interview Prison Angel, Mother Anotnia • Given exclusive access to LA Crime Lab, City Morgue, Women’s Correctional Facility. • Appeared on KTLA Morning Show to re-air 10PM segments Live with Carlos and Mikela. • Delivered no less than 20 enterprising ideas to pitch meetings every sweeps period. Half were chosen and were ready for air within days.

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM CO-HOST/PRODUCER/WRITER Highlights

• Delivered highest rated Sunday night program beating everything in its path with a 2.9 rating — DVD WEEKEND.

As PRODUCER

• Behind the scenes, Renee heads up an Emmy-award winning television production company, a record company that recently delivered an RIAA certified platinum seller, an Internet company that garnered over 100,000 new customers for .cc, within six months of its launch, and a direct response company that is responsible for over $100,000,000 in global sales. • Renee has created, produced and hosted various television programs for all of the major networks and numerous sydicators. She began her career at ABC's LA station, KABC-TV, spending two years traveling the globe for the Emmy-winning top-rated, access series, EYE ON LA.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts Degree, Communications, California State University, Fullerton • Professional Designation in Journalism Certification, UCLA Extension