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Jean Enersen (Jean Stanislaw) was born on 16 June, 1944 in San Mateo, California, is an American journalist (born 1944). Discover Jean Enersen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Jean Stanislaw
Occupation Journalist
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 16 June 1944
Birthday 16 June
Birthplace San Mateo, California
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Dr. Bruce Carter Paul Skinner Dick Enersen

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1944

Jean Stanislaw Enersen (born June 16, 1944) is an American journalist who worked for 48 years at KING-TV in Seattle.

Filling the anchor chair at KING for 42 years, Enersen was the longest-standing local female anchor.

1962

She then studied at Mercer Island High School, where she participated in swimming and graduated in 1962.

1966

She attended Pomona College and transferred to Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1966.

Enersen started her television career as a reporter at KPIX-TV in San Francisco and had planned to earn a PhD at Stanford but lost her government-funded scholarship due to the Vietnam War.

1968

She returned to Seattle in 1968 for a job in King Broadcasting Company's documentary-film production company King Screen Productions, but the subsidiary was plagued by financial issues.

After a week on the job, the film division was shuttered and Enersen transitioned into the newsroom.

In the KING newsroom, Enersen was one of only two women and has since recounted experiences of sexism from male coworkers.

She told The Seattle Times, "There was a photographer who wouldn't get out of the car to shoot. I'm new. He's twice my age. He only wanted to roll down his car window and shoot from the car. So I said, 'Don't you think we could get a better picture if you came out?'"

1970

Many more women – who had previously been limited to roles as clerical workers, "weather girls," and occasionally field reporters – filled local anchor chairs after Enersen's trailblazing, including Judy Woodruff in Atlanta and Jane Pauley in Indianapolis in the early 1970s.

1971

Enersen appeared as KING's main anchor for the first time on August 30, 1971.

1972

After four years in the newsroom, Enersen became the first female local news anchor in the country in 1972, though television news consulting firm McHugh and Hoffman had recommended promoting her to news anchor two years earlier.

At the time, broadcast executives were unsure how women would be received by audiences as news anchors, including KING-TV owner Dorothy Bullitt, the first woman to own a television station.

1973

By 1973 Enersen was considered Seattle's top newscaster, according to market research at the time.

She became known as “The Franchise” in the local television market.

1979

Enersen was the first local TV journalist to report from China in 1979 after the U.S. established diplomatic relations.

1986

Though Enersen served as a temporary host for NBC's "The Today Show" in 1986, she told The Seattle Times she decided to stay in Seattle and forego a position at a national network or larger local market after her daughters were born.

1988

In 1988, she was the first journalist to report from the USSR, appearing for both KING-TV and a Soviet morning show.

She interviewed many notable figures, including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Ken Behring, Warren Buffett, and Ronald Reagan.

1997

Enersen married Dr. Bruce Carter, president and CEO of ZymoGenetics, in 1997.

Her previous marriages were to cinematographer Dick Enersen and businessman Paul Skinner, the father of her two daughters.

2014

She retired from full-time anchor duties at KING in the summer of 2014, and accepted a retirement buy-out by Tegna, formerly Gannett, in April 2016.

Enersen was born in San Mateo, California, to Irving "Stan" and Evelyn Stanislaw, while her father was serving in the U.S. Navy.

Her family moved to the Seattle neighborhood of Magnolia when she was young and she attended Our Lady of Fatima School.

Enersen retired from the anchor chair in 2014, just before her 70th birthday.

2015

In 2015, Enersen delivered a TED Talk in Kirkland, Washington titled "We're all in this together" about her career, the workplace sexism she experienced, healthy living, and the power of community.

2016

She remained on staff at KING-TV, primarily reporting for the health news series HealthLink, until fully retiring in 2016.

Outside of the newsroom, Enersen was known for advocating for charitable organizations, including with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Northwest AIDS Walk.

In the 2021 Netflix series "Firefly Lane," Enersen was the career inspiration for fictional journalist Tully Hart, played by Katherine Heigl.

The series was set in Seattle and based on a book of the same name written by a local author.