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'Marquesas' Castaway Leitner Joins Phoenix TV Station
Fri, Aug 2, 2002 01:54 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Tammy Leitner, a contestant on "Survivor: Marquesas," apparently took a liking to being in front of the camera.

Leitner will join the news staff of KPHO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Phoenix, starting Sept. 3. The 29-year-old will serve as the station's crime reporter.

It's an area she knows well: Leitner has worked as a cops reporter for the East Valley Tribune in nearby Mesa, Ariz., for the past 2 1/2 years and has also worked for newspapers in New York.

"Her communication skills and her aggressive reporting abilities will be a valuable asset to our growing newsroom," Mitch Jacob, KPHO's news director, says of Leitner. "The streets of the [Phoenix area] will seem tame to her after her experience as a 'Survivor Marquesas' participant."

Leitner has won several awards for her newspaper reporting, including honors for stories on mob informant Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and an Arizona connection to terrorist attacks. She's also working on a true-crime book.

Leitner is the second "Marquesas" castaway to get a job in TV news. Fellow contestant Neleh Dennis recently began working on the morning show at CBS' Salt Lake City affiliate -- although she covers decidedly lighter fare than Leitner will.

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