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For the 6th year in a row, we would like to welcome Laurabree Monday, CN2 News Director and Anchor, as our 23rd Annual Stakeholders' Celebration Emcee. Laurabree is a proud Boys & Girls Club alumni from her home state of New Jersey. EMMY Award Winning Journalist Laurabree Monday became part of the CN2 news team in July of 2008. She is thrilled to be heading up such a dedicated news organization that is committed to the tri-county area. Laurabree says CN2 is exactly what news should be about – an outlet for people to learn about each other and share what’s happening in their communities through strong storytelling.

Since her arrival Laurabree is very proud to say CN2’s Newscast has been nominated for numerous awards, including 2 Regional Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2014. Her team brought home the statue in 2014. Also, the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas nominated CN2 for Best Newscast in 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013. They won the category in 2013.

Laurabree is on the Board of the Radio and Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC). She was selected as a member of the 2009 – 2010 Leadership York County class and graduated from Leadership Lancaster County in 2013. Laurabree is also a board member for the Heart2Heart Foundation and sits on Springs Memorial Hospital’s Healthy Women Advisory Board. She is also on York Tech’s Teleproduction Technology Advisory Committee.

She can regularly be seen Emceeing events around the Tri County. The Palmetto School’s Annual “Run for Attention” and the Boys & Girls Clubs Stakeholders’ Dinner are two she’s most passionate about – she hopes to see you there! She and her husband also annually Emcee “Paint the Town Red White & Blues” in Uptown Charlotte raising money and awareness for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. 

Prior to being brought in as News Director / Anchor, Laurabree was a Reporter / Anchor for WSAZ in Charleston, WV. The top rated NBC affiliate was just one of a number of stops on her journalism journey.  Laurabree also spent time as a Reporter / Anchor for KAMR/KCIT in Amarillo, Texas. Before that, she was a Producer and General Assignment Reporter for KAMC/KLBK in Lubbock, Texas. Laurabree began her career working in radio for WLTW in NYC.

Laurabree is originally from New Jersey and graduated from Indiana University with a double major in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. Her husband Keith is a Meteorologist for WSOC-TV in Charlotte. The tv duo share two wonderful children and the four love calling South Carolina home.