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Tanya Ott

Tanya is WBHM's News Director. She's been hunting down good public radio stories for more than two decades. (Wow - that makes me sound old!)

Prior to coming to Birmingham, she worked in news at WUFT-FM (Gainesville, FL), WCBS-AM (NYC), and Colorado Public Radio (Denver, CO) and spent three years as an independent producer filing stories from her walk-in closet in Orlando. Her stories are heard on national and international programs including Marketplace, the Marketplace Morning Report, NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, AARP's Prime Time Radio and The Environment Report.

Tanya's reporting has garnered numerous professional awards including more than a dozen Edward R. Murrow regional awards, Alabama AP's Best Specialized Reporter for 2004 and 2005 (health), 2006 (business) and 2009 (government), the American Legion Auxilliary "Heart of America" award, and the New York Festival Gold World Award for environmental reporting.

Tanya has also been cited for her work in fostering new public radio talent. While at WUFT-FM she oversaw University of Florida broadcast students producing a daily half-hour news magazine -- a task akin to herding cats! She's also a journalism consultant/trainer for NPR's Morning Edition Grad School, a trainer for the Public Radio News Directors Inc's NewsWorks program and a mentor with the Association of Independents in Radio.

Tanya is married to Jason Fulmore, an educational research consultant at UAB. They have three school-aged daughters, so most of their free time is spent driving children to play practice, voice and violin lessons, and gymnastics. When she's not in the car, Tanya enjoys cooking, renovating her home, and leading two girl scout troops.

Feel free to email Tanya at tanya@wbhm.org if you have any questions about WBHM's news coverage or want to suggest a good story idea.