Jay Young
Journalist, Deceased Person
1949 – 2006
Who was Jay Young?
Silas Joseph Young Jay Young. He was one of the original news anchors on CNN's Headline News in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1980s.
Young was a graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Jay was a staff member on future Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards' election team in 1971 before moving on to become a popular regional print journalist and newscaster in Lafayette, Louisiana KATC TV 3 in 1975-76 and in Baton Rouge on WAFB-TV 9 in the late 1970s and on WBRZ-TV in the early 1980s to mid-1980s, the latter newscast was reportedly the highest rated ABC-TV newscast for a market its size in the country. Young later published three novels :Where Heathens Pray, Smuggler's Forecast, and Flights of Fantsy.
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- Born
- Oct 1, 1949
Eunice - Also known as
- Silas Joseph Young Jay Young
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Louisiana State University
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Died
- Aug 23, 2006
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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