Tina Tyus-Shaw

Tina Tyus-Shaw (born in Griffin, Georgia) is a television news anchor and journalist at WSAV-TV in Savannah, Georgia.

Tina wanted to be a television broadcaster at an early age, and graduated from Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech, Communication and Theater.

She worked a series of radio and television jobs in Macon, Georgia; North Carolina; and Columbus, Georgia, before settling in Savannah in 1992. She started working for WSAV-TV in April of that year as a weekend news anchor but within just three years had made it to the main anchor position on the nightly news at 6 and 11.

In 1996 she was chosen to carry the Olympic Torch through Savannah. This continued an Olympic tradition in Tina's family. Her aunt Wyomia Tyus was a three-time gold medalist in 1964 and 1968.

She is best known to viewers as a champion for breast cancer survivors. Her popular "Buddy Check 3" reminds women and men to do regular breast self exams each month.

Tina is married and has four children.

External links

* [http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/authors.Bio.-content-midatlantic-sav-authors-tina_tyus_shaw.html/ WSAV.com Bio]