Sylvia Weatherspoon - Anchor, 5, 6 & 10 p.m.
Sylvia Weatherspoon is the co-anchor of WBRZ News 2 Louisiana at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. She began her career at WBRZ in December 1993.
Sylvia joined the WBRZ team after working as the news director for WJBO-AM & WFMF-FM radio in Baton Rouge. She initially pursued a career in radio news reporting, but the technical side of TV news caught her attention. She spent her spare time in the newsroom of a local TV station. Sylvia said television news felt natural to her, and she loved it! She found TV news challenging, allowing her to be creative in her reporting.
Sylvia serves on numerous community boards, including the Advisory Board of Junior League of Baton Rouge, a member of Sunrise Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, and serves on the Executive Board of Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area.
In 2007, Sylvia received the Excellence In Medical Journalism Award in Television Broadcasting for her health segments “Reduce Your Risk”. During her career, the Louisiana Associated Press awarded Sylvia second-place Best Spot News on her story of a house fire, “In Just Minutes,” and third place for “Miracle on the Mississippi,” a report covering an accident on the Mississippi River Bridge. She is also the recipient of the 2007 Women in Media Award of Excellence in Television. She has also received the 2007 Laurie Smith Anderson Award for Excellence in Health Care Reporting from the Arthritis Association of Louisiana. Most recently, Sylvia received the 2008 Louisiana Role Model Award from the Baton Rouge Chapter of The Links, Inc. as well as the 2008 NAACP Community Service Award and 2008 Best Local TV News Anchor in 225 Magazine.
Sylvia resides in Baton Rouge with her husband and two children. In her spare time she enjoys vacationing with her family, gardening, and Bible study.
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Louis at Jan 29th 2010 7:26 PM
Hello,
I am only an 8th grader, but a crazy New Orleans Saints fan. I have been hearing a lot of controversy over who owns the term "Who Dat." I guess you get a lot of emails saying how it isn't right, but I think I may have some facts that differ me from many other emails.
It should be said that the NFL doesn't own the term "Who Dat." The chant 'Who Dat" originated during late 1800s and early 1900s. It was used by many French speaking Creoles/Cajuns who were struggling to speak English. They tried hard speak in English as normal as possible, but in our case changed the word "that" into "dat." They would use the term "who dat" when saying "Who dat you takin' bout'," or "Who dat at da door." Many people don't know that Southern University, was one of the first to use the chant "Who Dat" when saying "Who Dat say dey gon beat dem Jags!" This was during the 1960s, at this time the Saints were only becoming an NFL team. According to former New Orleans Saints quarterback, Bobby Hebert, the chant became most popular after the team's breakout 2006 season.
Over many years, the Saints were known as the "Ain'ts." The word "win" would never be used in the same sentence as the word "Saints." The people of New Orleans have been with ther team since the beginning. Through the "ups and downs' the people loved their team. Who Dat Nation has been through a lot, Hurricane Katrina and much more. The owners of these stores have been here since the beginning. I bet, during all of the bad seasons, the NFL wouldn't have wanted to be associated with the Saints. If I were to ask NFL Comissioner, Roger Goodell, where the chant began, he probably would not have a clue in the world. Now that the Saints are headed to the Superbowl they want to take all of the glory. Everytime the people of New Orleans get a "pick-me-up" someone wants to take it away from them. The team, chants, signs all belong to New Orleans. I may be a child with a small voice, but I know everything there is to know about the Saints and faith in something you believe in. Just like the way New Orleans has faith in their team. WHO DAT!!!!
Sincerely,
Louis Gremillion