Anna Kooiman

Uptown contributor Anna Kooiman writes blogs for us that are sure to hold your attention. She gives us the scoop on everything from concerts, new restaurant openings, fashion trends, and fitness to insight on controversial issues facing the Queen City, to information about community service events. She has a unique position in the community as she was born and raised in Charlotte. Anna is a co-host of Fox News Rising Monday – Friday from 5am – 9am.  It’s news, weather, traffic, entertainment, and FUN you can’t find anywhere else.  Fitness is one of Anna’s biggest passions and she teaches group exercise classes around town.  Before making her way back to the Queen City in 2008, Anna was a morning anchor at the NBC affiliate in Toledo, OH and a reporter at the ABC affiliate in Wilmington, NC where she also went to college. At UNCW Anna ran distance on the Varsity Track Team, was philanthropy chair of Alpha Delta Pi, and graduated from the Honors Scholars Program with a degree in Communication Studies with a minor in Community Health.