Detroit Fox News Host: What it’s REALLY like hosting a TV Show | Ronia Shamona

Ronia Shamona has spent 20 years in local news. Overnight shifts in Las Vegas. 20 years of live TV. Now she anchors FOX 2 Detroit Live in the 2 and 3 pm hours and hosts her own segment, Rona's Rundown.

She did ten years on overnights before she had kids. After two kids and a stretch of postpartum on that schedule, she said it became impossible. She stepped away for six years to raise her kids before coming back to the chair…

Now she is back on dayside, running a live, unscripted show where she does not know what is happening until the camera turns on. She still tracks missing kids cases long after they stop being news, because she is a mom first. And she is building something new, a platform focused on mental health, because she thinks people need somewhere honest to talk about what they are actually going through.

What we covered:
→ Twenty years in news and what changed after she had kids
→ The Father's Day segment that got to both of us
→ Why she thinks being yourself is the only thing that works on live TV
→ Interviewing Akon, Joan Rivers, and the Trump family

She has sat across from Akon and the Trump family in the same career, and the story that stuck with her the most was a dad on a Father's Day segment. That tells you everything about how she actually does this job.

Thanks Ronia for stepping out of the anchor chair at FOX 2 Detroit to sit down with me. Go watch her weekdays at 2 and 3 pm.

*Chapters*
0:00 Intro
1:07 Twenty years in news, and how overnights nearly ended it
2:32 The live TV moments that never leave you
5:40 Being herself on air, even during today's live rescue
7:32 A day in the life of an unscripted anchor
10:26 Breaking news, four studios, and why every market feels different
15:30 The people she puts on air and the platform she's building next
18:13 Rona's Rundown and the fight to keep news positive
23:13 UFOs, the JFK files, and the political show that wrecked her
30:15 A torn hamstring, Akon, and the moment she will never forget

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/roniashamona/
https://www.instagram.com/tvronia/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/company/wjbk-tv-fox-2-detroit/
https://www.instagram.com/fox2detroit/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/WJBKFox2Detroit/


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