Judy Fortin (born 1961) is Executive Director of Communications for UCLA Health in Los Angeles, California. Previously, she served as Senior Director of Communications from 2013-2019 for

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. From 2011–2013, she was National Director of Media Relations for the American Cancer Society. Fortin was born on October 7, 1961, in

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. After graduating from Concord High School, she attended Bowdoin College in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government and French in 1983. Fortin began her broadcast career in

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, where she started out as an announcer and then news director at WPNH AM/ FM Radio. From January 1986 until June 1989, she was a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for

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. Prior to joining

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, Fortin worked as a general assignment reporter for

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. From 1990–2006, she anchored CNN Headline News. She also served as a National Correspondent for

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, a news service used by local affiliate stations. In 2006, Fortin became a Correspondent for the award-winning CNN Medical Unit. Fortin received an Excellence in Media Award in 2009 from the

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and in 2008, a MORE Award for reporting excellence from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. She is the recipient of a national Emmy Award for CNN group coverage of the

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in 1995.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20060719034337/http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/fortin.judy.html
Photos of Judy Fortin anchoring on Headline News

Video clips of Judy Fortin on Headline News

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