There’s nothing WSPA'S revered Emmy award-winning anchor Amy Wood has loved more over the more than 30 years at 7NEWS, than connecting with you.
Amy anchors “7NEWS at 4,” “7NEWS at 5” and “7 NEWS at 6," along with "7NEWS at noon.
Amy’s award-winning, interactive anchoring has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcaster’s Association, and the Radio and Television Digital News Association. National journalism organizations like The Paley Center for Media, The Poynter Institute and the Reynold's Journalism Institute have relied on Amy to share her innovative work.
Amy serves as a member of the Greenville Rotary Club. The Girls Scouts of the Mountains to Midlands honored Amy as a Woman of Distinction, and The SC Jaycees named her the state's Community Service Award winner.
Amy's Passion |
Amy is a pioneer. She has been on the forefront of merging social media and news for nearly two decades, gaining national acclaim for her work taking viewers behind the scenes, producing content on digital platforms and connecting with her audience authentically - growing her online community to more than 200,000.
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Amy's Travel |
Amy grew up in Westchester County, New York. She also spent three years living in Sweden as a teenager, when her father was transferred to his firm's Stockholm Office. As a member of her school choir Amy wound up performing with ABBA, both recording in their studio and performing live on stage. Amy's first broadcast work, began in Sweden in 1980 when she voiced narration in a movie for Swedish Television and was used as the radio jingle voice overs for station FMAK. Travel continued to be a love for Amy, when she studied for a semester in Buenos Aires Argentina. While with WSPA TV she was also able to travel to Moscow and the Arctic Circle community of Vorkuta, resulting in an award winning documentary.
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People Interviewed/Met
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Gary Vaynerchuk - Ariana Grande - Barack Obama - Donald Trump - Jim Clyburn - Lindsey Graham - Henry McMaster - David Beasley - Carroll Campbell - Mark Sanford - Nikki Haley - Dick Riley - James Edwards - Don Russell - Marco Rubio - Bob Dole - Lamar Alexander - Hubert Humphrey III - Paul Wellstone - Sarah Palin - Robin Williams - Tom Brokaw - Katie Couric - Joan Lunden - Charlie Gibson - David Letterman - Barbara Bush - Jeb Bush - Tim Scott - Jim Hodges - Michael Jordan - Dean Smith - Roy Williams - Mike Krzyzewski - Rick Barnes - Dabo Swinney - Jim Clements - Pamela Evette - ABBA - Jesse Jackson - John McCain - Franklin Graham - Beth Moore - Joel Osteen - Pat McCrory - Ernest Hollings - Strom Thurmond - Tammy Faye Bakker - Kathie Lee Gifford - Rick Warren - Steve Hartman - Michael W Smith - Cal Thomas - Lecrae - Emile Pandolfi - Noah Guthrie - Ben Carson - Andie MacDowell - Consuelo Mack - Michelle Marsh - Bill Murray - George Will - Jennifer Granholm - Debbie Wasserman Schultz - John Roberts - Geraldo Rivera - Joan Rivers - Clairo - Melba Moore - Aaron Carter - Bobby Brown - Ann Curry - Al Roker - Kevin Spacey - Mark Blum - Neil Simon - Gene Saks - Irene Worth - Mercedes Ruehl - Billy Joel - Doug Gray - Ali Vitali - Chuck Todd - John Reiss - Andrea Mitchell - Lester Holt - Martin O'Malley - Kira Phillips - Peggy Noonan - Kimberly Strassel - John Dickerson - Carly Fiorina - Mike Huckabee - Sarah Jessica Parker - Kim Petras - Troy Sivan - Patrick Kennedy - John McCain - Laura Bush - Cal Ripken Jr., Howard Stringer , Rudi Giuiliani - James Carville - Mary Matlin - Cokie Roberts - Newt Gingrich - Bob Schieffer - Stephen Colbert - Michelle Bachman - Dick Vitale - Nick Theodore - Bob Peeler - Harvey Peeler - Edwin McCain - Darius Rucker - Aaron Tippin - Blake Shelton - Pat Buchanan - Steve Forbes - Rick Santorum - Biff Henderson - Larry "Bud" Melman - Larry The Cable Guy - Anthony Anderson - Aaron Rodgers - Andrew Heyward - Frank Robinson - Oliver Hudson - MJ Lee - Hope Hicks - Katrina Pierson - Ty Pennington - Mike Gallagher - Hugh Hewitt - Dr. Ruth Westheimer - Warren Beatty
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Coolest Thing I've Ever Done Snow skied on the Zermatt Glacier in July in my bikini! Late 80's!
