Shelly Leah Jamison aka Shelly Jamison (born is a former television news reporter from

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, who appeared as a ''

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'' magazine cover model and the sideline reporter on the 1989-1990 souped-up

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''. Jamison majored in broadcast journalism at

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. She worked as a news producer, reporter and occasional anchor on KTSP-TV (the current-day

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) in Phoenix, until she appeared clothed on the cover and nude inside the July 1989 issue of ''

'' magazine.USA Today article about Jamison's Playboy appearance
by Matt Roush, Life section, page 03.D, May 22, 1989, ''

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'' In the accompanying article, she predicted that she would most likely be fired from KTSP. She rationalized that her pay for the appearance (over US$100,000) was more than five years' pay at the station: she did leave her job at the station after the magazine appearance. She was hired as a sideline reporter for ''

'', a syndicated

series aired during the 1989–90 television season, after producers David Sams and Michael Miller saw her picture in a ''

'' story about the controversial ''Playboy'' appearance."On the Rink of A Vervous Breakdown"
By Dewey Webb, ''

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'', August 30, 1989. Retrieved March 9, 2007. She joined the

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in 1998. She is a member of FEMA's Arizona Task Force One (AZ-TF1) and has deployed to numerous national disaster situations. Her broadcasting background has led her to become a department spokesperson.

References

"Junior Samples"
Restaurant review by Shelly Jamison, ''Phoenix New Times'', February 21, 1990. Retrieved March 9, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jamison, Shelly 1962 births Living people Roller derby American firefighters Place of birth missing (living people)