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Seattle Met protege gets first job.



Nice story as Jake Stevenson, who learned at UW from KOMO chief meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell, has joined KEPR in Tri-Cities as the new weekend weather man and reporter, too.  Kudos.  You are on your way.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM

    Good luck to him. However, I find it remarkable that a young person goes into TV news when the audience is shrinking (and includes almost no new viewers in their 20s-30s). It just doesn’t seem like there is much chance of a career.

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  2. Wayne LJuly 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM

    It could simply be completing a dream, but he will move up and with Shannon as a mentor, he will have a true path of reference. Shannnon has a one credit course annually for this at UW, FYI.

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  3. ChrisJuly 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM

    Any relationship to Rebecca S.?

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  4. AnonymousJuly 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM

    Dont know....

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  5. IDC9July 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM

    Congrats to Jake on landing his first job in local TV news!

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  6. Wayne LJuly 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM

    Update, no relations to Rebecca. Just found out.

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  7. "Mark Felt"July 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM

    So does that mean being an "anchor assist" (yes, that is a "title") to one of the Big Three anchors (Jennings, Brokaw or Rather) meant you were the next big network anchor? I worked with KOMO's lead evening anchors for about a year (and were on a first-name basis), but it didn't land me anywhere on my feet, now did it?

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