Russ Rhea
Male, Person
1962 –
Who is Russ Rhea?
Russell Rhea is former television journalist best known for his reporting on Texas National Guard missions in Bosnia and Central America and is currently a public relations executive in Austin, Texas. Rhea grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and is a 1981 graduate of Rolling Hills High School. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in 1985 and began his television career at KYEL-TV in Yuma, Arizona. After 3 years as a reporter and host of PM Magazine at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, Rhea moved to KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, where he spent 10 years as a morning show host, weathercaster and reporter. In 1987, the Texas National Guard invited Rhea to report on their activities in Bosnia; his reports from Serajevo won several awards.
Rhea left television in 2000 and joined Hahn, Texas Communications . In addition to leading media efforts on a number of public issues elections in Texas, Rhea has won numerous public relations industry awards for video production and conducts TateAustinHahn's spokesperson training program.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1962
Phoenix - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Education
- Arizona State University
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Lived in
- Austin
- Phoenix
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on July 23, 2013
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