Tracee Carrasco

Tracee Carrasco (born September 2, 1981) is an American TV news reporter for Fox Business Network. Carrasco previously reported for CBS 2 News, WCBS-TV in New York City.

Tracee Carrasco
Born (1981-09-02) September 2, 1981
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
EducationB.A. Azusa Pacific University
OccupationTelevision Journalist
Years active2007–present

Biography

Carrasco was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Sheril (née Carrasco) and Gilbert Tolentino.[1][2] She was raised in Hawaii and Southern California.[3] She is of Filipino descent.[4] Carrasco graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Southern California with a degree in Communication Studies where she interned at KABC-TV (Channel 7) News, Los Angeles. Other internships included KCBS-TV (Channel 2) / KCAL-TV (Channel 9) News, Los Angeles (Entertainment Dept. 2004). Later, she was a field reporter as well as fill-in anchor in Torrance, California CitiCable 3.[5][6]

In February 2010, she accepted a position as the Weekend Anchor / Weekday Reporter for the Fox affiliate KQDS serving the upper Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan regions.[7] Her reporting for KQDS earned two Upper Midwest Emmy nominations in the categories Public / Current / Community Affairs ("Honest Northland Series") and Historic / Cultural / Nostalgic (“A Tribute to Ben Larson: Missionary Killed in Haiti’s Earthquake”).[8] In August 2011, she accepted a position as a fill-in anchor and reporter for the ABC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee, WKRN News 2.[9][10] In June 2013, she accepted a position as general assignment reporter for WCBS-TV and WLNY 10/55 in New York.[11] In May 2017, she joined the Fox Business Network as a general assignment reporter.[12]

Carrasco has also appeared with CNN's Nancy Grace on HLN.[13]

Publications

Carrasco has had pieces published in various newspapers and magazines such as the Duluth News Tribune, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, and Equities Magazine.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Tracee Carrasco on joining the FBN family". Fox Business Network. May 8, 2017.
  2. "Miriam A. Andrews Carrasco". The Los Angeles Times. January 13, 2002.
  3. "People & Places: Fox 21". Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce. 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  4. "An airline glitch, a belated Christmas present for traveling couple". The Fil Am. December 30, 2013. CBS reporter Tracee Carrasco, a Filipino American...
  5. "This Week in Torrance : Show 3309". CitiCable3. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  6. "Tracee Tolentino: Reporter/Weekend Anchor, Fox 21". Fox 21. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  7. "Media Spy". Media Bistro. 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  8. "A Tribute to Ben Larson: Missionary Killed in Haiti's Earthquake (as Tracee Tolentino)" (PDF). The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Midwest Chapter].
  9. Knox, Merrill (August 24, 2011). "Anchor Tracee Tolentino Leaves KQDS For WKRN". Adweek.
  10. "WKRN-TV Bio Page: ABC 2". WKRN ABC. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  11. "Fox Business Network hires Carrasco". TBN. 24 March 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  12. "Tracee Carrasco". Fox News. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  13. "CNN Transcripts". CNN. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
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