Jenni Hogan wakes viewers up with a smile every weekday morning from 4:30am to 8am as the traffic anchor on KIRO-7, the CBS affiliate in Seattle. She has also appeared on National TV, as a correspondent on CBS’s “Fashion Night Out 2010″.   Jenni is passionate about mixing traditional media with social media to make television a 2 way experience for the viewer.

This Australian native is currently the most followed female local TV anchor on Twitter in the nation, at #1 in the lostremote.com leaderboard with more than 40,000 followers and 75,000 facebook subscribers. In 2011 she was named one of 6 finalist worldwide in the Shorty Awards, the “Oscars” of Twitter and she currently holds the title of Top Twitter Personality in the Seattle NBC affiliate’s Best Of Western Washington awards, voted on by the consumer. The Huffington Post just named her one of the top 23 female geeks in the world, as part of their Twitter Powerhouse series “Rise Of The Female Geek“.

Jenni uses her online platform to empower her followers to better themselves or help others. In December 2010, Jenni teamed with KIRO-TV to hold the stations first mobile tweetup to collect toys to make kids smile over the Holiday season. The drive exceeded expectations filling 2 vans full of toys in the 4 hours that was all livestreamed on the stations website. Jenni held the 2nd mobile tweeted in March 2011 to collect donations for babies. That drive garnered more than 25,000 items for Northwest Harvest’s baby days. In August 2011, she hosted the 3rd Mobile Tweetup which raised more than $8500 for the Moyer Foundation and early cancer detection research.

Jenni is passionate about paying it forward and sits on the Board of Directors for both the Miss Seattle Organization and spent the last several years on the UW Communication Alumni Board where she headed their mentorship program.  She is a University of Washington graduate and former captain of their national champion women’s varsity crew team.  Her competitive spirit is evident in her passion for helping young women who are still in school or launching a new career.

Jenni often speaks on panels that help inspire others to get online and is passionate about spreading the word on the power of social media and mixing it with television.

Read a note from Jenni here

What others say about Jenni (written by her wonderful friends on Twitter and Facebook):

Jenni Hogan is… ”a crazy Aussie” that’s ”my favorite news anchor! Catch her on Kiro-7 in the morning“ ”where everyone should go for the best traffic coverage!” She is ”one of the nicest and sweetest personalities on tv. Who really goes out of her way for her fans.” ”So VERY female...”, “GORGEOUS“, “lovably a-dork-able” and “a fabulous fashionista“. Not to mention “An amazing talented woman and a wonderful mom” “of little darling (Siena) @lilpookette“, “with a big heart.” “ABOLUTELY the most vibrant personality on Twitter (and has a killer smile),” that’s “so much fun to follow.” ”She is positive, fun, friendly, and a bright ray of sunshine each and every day. ” “Like a tall glass of champagne. Bright, bubbly and refreshing!” “An inspiration  and role model” that ”is an amazing mom and friend!”

“What an honor to have all of you as my friends on Twitter and Facebook, thank you!” – Jenni Hogan