Channel 8 KCCI news reporter Angie Hunt has joined the News Services team. 

Previously on the Ames LiveLink for KCCI, Hunt will now be covering the Colleges of Liberal  Arts and Sciences, the College of Human Sciences, and the College of Business at Iowa State.

Prior to reporting for KCCI, Hunt began her journalism career for KCRG Radio in Cedar Rapids. She then made the switch to TV reporting for KCRG-TV 9 for five years.

KCCI was her next stop in 2004.

Hunt’s desire to teach led her to join Iowa State in 2008, teaching JLMC 201: Reporting and Writing for the Mass Media or JLMC 206: Reporting and Writing for the Electronic Media each semester. The classes were held in the mornings so Hunt could also juggle her other job.

The decision to switch her career was an easy one for Hunt.  Reporting for Iowa State presented her with the ability to continue to tell stories and write, similar to when she reported for KCCI.

“I was at a point in my career where I was ready to make a switch and try a new opportunity. As a reporter, I wasn’t looking to jump to a larger market. My husband and I like being in Ames,” Hunt said. “The other option as a broadcast reporter would be to jump from reporting to anchoring, and that just wasn’t something I was interested in doing. I like being able to get out and interact with people.”

Hunt heard of the position opening through a source whom she had worked with on numerous stories. The source had decided to pursue another career opportunity, so Hunt jumped on the chance to apply.

Her responsibilities as a news service reporter are to work with the faculty and staff of her appointed colleges, find new research, discuss important issues to Iowa and to serve as a source for other reporters who are searching for stories.

 “That’s why we exist here at News Services. The intention is to have us in a role to promote the great things that are happening here at Iowa State,” Hunt said.

Hunt’s coworkers are certain she will fit in and be a great asset to News Services.

“[Hunt] is a terrific communicator. She’s been a reporter for a long time, reporting on all different kinds of topics and has a great media background,” said Fred Love, reporter for  plant sciences, agriculture and veterinary medicine. “She’s a constant professional. She knows how to establish good working relationships with her co-workers and the faculty and staff.”

Hunt is thrilled to be teaching her class on broadcast-electronic media writing. She says she finds the classroom to be “a lot of fun.”