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Glenn Halbrooks
Glenn Halbrooks is the news director for Action 8 News. He joined WAKA in 2003 and was the weeknight anchor/managing editor for 11 years before becoming news director in 2014. He still appears on the anchor desk occasionally.
Glenn is a native Alabamian, born in Huntsville.
He has more than 40 years of experience in TV news. He began reporting at WMAZ in Macon, Georgia, while still in college.
In 1990, Glenn moved to Montgomery and anchored the noon news at WSFA for about two years. He went on to anchor jobs in Birmingham and Chattanooga, Tennessee, before spending several years behind the camera.
Away from the station, Glenn served as president of the Montgomery Rotary Club for 2012-13 and has been recognized as a multiple Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International. He’s involved with several community groups including the Hugh O’Brian Youth leadership organization, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He is also a member of the Advisory Council for the Alabama State University Dept. of Communications.
Glenn is a graduate of The McCallie School in Chattanooga and Mercer University in Macon, where he is a member of Eta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
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