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Drew Speier joined the WBRE Eyewitness News Team , in Scranton Wilkes-Barre PA., in May of 2008. He came from the NBC affiliate in Evansville, Indiana where he spent three years as a weekday anchor and reporter. He's a seven time Telly winner including one Silver Telly.
Drew was honored in 2010 with two Emmy Nominations in the NATAS Mid-Atlantic Chapter and won two National Tellys. During his time in Indiana, Drew was honored twice by the Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards and won three National Telly Awards, including a Silver Telly. Prior to Indiana, Drew spent three years in the NYC market as a weekend anchor and reporter for News 12 New Jersey. He was honored with two National Telly Awards for his reporting and won an Associated Press First Place, Spot News Award for his live reporting.
Drew also has an extensive background as an award winning Sports Anchor/Reporter. He was the main sports anchor for WTEV-WAWS-TV in Jacksonville, FL and for KXAN-TV, the NBC affiliate in Austin, TX. Drew was even a sideline reporter for Fox NFL Sunday while in Jacksonville. He also covered the University of Notre Dame for two years and worked for Fox Sports-Net Chicago.
Drew calls Texas home. He graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Broadcasting Journalism and Political Science.
Drew's most memorable experiences were covering the aftermath of 9-11 for three years and spending eight days reporting in Biloxi, MS,after Hurricane Katrina. He has too many sports events to single out but has covered everything from six-man High School Fooball in Texas to two Super Bowls and a number of College Football Bowl games, including two National Title games. He's also covered the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. His passion is golf and he ranks the dozens of pro golf events as memorable experiences, including the Masters, twice. His golf highlight is caddying for Ben Crenshaw during a charity event in Austin, Texas., and playing 300 holes of golf in one day.
Charity work is very important to Drew. He's a former Board member with the Evansville Association for the Blind and still serves on the Advisory Board for the CJ's Bus Foundation.
Another interesting fact about Drew: He was the only student in his High School who received the perfect attendance award for all four years. He never missed a day of high school classes.
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