Kaylee Hartung

Kaylee Hartung (born November 7, 1985) is an American broadcaster. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she has served as a contributor for CBS News, ESPN, CNN, ABC News, and NBC News. In July 2022, she was announced as the sideline reporter for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video.

Kaylee Hartung
Born (1985-11-07) November 7, 1985
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Alma materWashington and Lee University

Early life

Hartung was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She graduated from Episcopal High School in 2003. She earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in journalism and politics from Washington and Lee University, graduating in 2007.[1]

Career

Hartung was a CBSNews.com reporter on the daily Washington Unplugged program and featured correspondent for Unplugged Under 40. Following a summer internship with NBC, she began her career as an assistant to Bob Schieffer, which led to an associate producer position on Face the Nation.[2][3]

Hartung then worked at ESPN, serving in particular as a correspondent for Longhorn Network and SEC Network.[4][5] In 2017, Hartung was hired by CNN.[4][5] In 2019, Hartung left CNN and joined ABC News as a correspondent.[3]

In July 2022, Amazon announced that Hartung would return to sports broadcasting as a sideline reporter for Thursday Night Football.[6]

In January 2023, Hartung joined NBC News' The Today Show as a national correspondent. Also, Kaylee helped with NBC Sports' NFL Wild Card Weekend with Al Michaels and Tony Dungy.

References
  1. "Kaylee Hartung Unplugged". 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. Tom Guarisco (2009). "Networking 101". Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  3. Michael Malone (2019-07-18). "Kaylee Hartung Joins ABC News as Correspondent". Broadcasting Cable. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  4. Rigdon, Jay (2022-07-21). "Kaylee Hartung officially announced as Amazon's Thursday Night Football sideline reporter". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  5. Bucholtz, Andrew (2015-06-16). "Kaylee Hartung engages critic, shows she doesn't need a map to Cal State-Fullerton's dugout". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  6. Rigdon, Jay (2022-07-21). "Kaylee Hartung officially announced as Amazon's Thursday Night Football sideline reporter". Awful Announcing. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
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