ABOUT ART FENNELL

With more than 20 years as a news veteran, Art Fennell has received nearly 100 awards for outstanding journalism and community service, including the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for best news anchor.  Fennell’s current assignment is anchor and managing editor of “Art Fennell Reports,” an honest, candid and interactive look at the news, issues and events that have people talking.  Through his hour-long weekly newsmagazine, Fennell explores the big stories that shape our world as well as the small stories with a big impact on life across the 13-state reach of CN8.

Most recently, Fennell served as anchor and managing editor for CN8’s 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.

Previously, Fennell held various other leading positions with WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, including anchor, reporter and producer. His background also includes positions with WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Va.; WSAV-TV in Savannah, Ga.; WCBD-TV in Charleston, S. C.; WBTW-TV in Florence, S.C.; and The South Carolina Educational Television Network.

In August 1995, Fennell was elected president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the largest professional organization of journalists of color in the world. During his tenure as president of the NABJ, Fennell was selected by Ebony magazine as one of the top 100 most influential African-Americans in the country.

In 2001, he founded The Arthur Fennell Foundation (www.arthurfennellfoundation.org), a public, charitable, non-profit organization. The foundation is committed to raising funds and awareness to assist community-based organizations dealing with disease, education and prevention in diverse, underserved populations. Some of the national health organizations that the foundation supports include The American Diabetes Association, The American Heart Association, The American Cancer Society, and the Sickle Cell Anemia Society.

Each year the foundation hosts the Art Fennell Celebrity Billiards Championship as its primary fundraiser. Celebrities take their “cue” from Fennell by playing team billiards in a fun-filled format before a crowd of spectators. The Billiards Championship is aired in a one-hour television special on CN8.

Born and raised in Bennettsville, S.C., Fennell is one of 12 children. He is married, has two daughters and currently resides in New Jersey. Fennell holds a communications degree from South Carolina State University.

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