Former WHO TV13 morning anchor Jodi Long is set to join local CBS affiliate KCCI.
The announcement comes after KCCI teased recently that an anchor with a decade of experience on central Iowa local TV news would join its staff.
Long will anchor the noon and 5 p.m. newscasts on the station starting Tuesday, Oct. 3. She'll join newly promoted anchor Laura Terrel and meteorologist Anne Campolongo for the evening newscasts.
She announced her departure from WHO, where she worked for almost 10 years, and TV news last September. Following her exit, Long became health equity director at Des Moines-based stillbirth prevention organization Healthy Birth Day Inc.
“Jodi is a perfect fit for our news team,” KCCI News Director Allison Smith said in a statement announcing Long's hire. “She is a light within our community and is passionate about sharing people’s stories. These are the values we celebrate as 'Iowa’s News Leader.'”
Around the same time that Long left WHO last fall, former local news personality and “Good Morning Iowa” co-anchor Jackie Schmillen departed Local 5 and joined the Iowa National Guard as its first-ever civilian public affairs director. Other notable changes at Local 5 include the departure of meteorologist Dave Downey this summer.
After almost 15 years, Long's former colleague, meteorologist Brett McIntyre, left the NBC station last April. The affiliate's former WHO political director Dave Price also departed the station after 22 years in April.
KCCI has also had its share of departures and arrivals over the past year. Evening anchor Steve Karlin announced he was leaving KCCI last November and said goodbye to the station in March after three decades. The local ratings leader named Tennessee evening anchor and reporter Ben Kaplan as Karlin's replacement earlier this month.
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