Anne Marie Tiernon

{{short description|American journalist}}

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Anne Marie Tiernon is an American journalist. She currently anchors at NBC affiliate WTHR in Indianapolis, Indiana, alongside Scott Swan at 5:30 p.m.

Early years

Tiernon graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in business and from Northwestern University with a master's degree in journalism.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Marcella |title=TV news anchor returns to city for job at WTHR |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42062534/the_indianapolis_star/ |accessdate=January 11, 2020 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=February 26, 2004 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=18|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

Tiernon started her career at WMBD-TV 31 in Peoria, Illinois, in 1989 {{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}. Then in 1991, she headed to Indianapolis where she began reporting for WISH-TV's 11 p.m. newscast and anchored the CBS affiliate's 5:30 p.m. newscast, with colleague Scott Swan. From 2000 to 2004, Tiernon was a news anchor at WLWT-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the anchor of the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts, alongside veteran anchor Dave Wagner. Since 2004, Tiernon has been at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she co-anchors the NBC affiliate's newscasts at 5:30 and 6 p.m..

Personal life

Tiernon, a Fort Wayne, Indiana, native,{{Citation needed |date=January 2020}} is married to marketing executive Terry Tiernon.{{cite news |last1=Guyett |first1=Susan |title=Familiar face back in Indy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42063262/the_indianapolis_star/ |accessdate=January 11, 2020 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=June 20, 2004 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=25|via = Newspapers.com}} They have three children, 2 girls and 1 boy.

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