Claim: Lori Geary anchored at CNN Headline News but her first reporting job at WRDW-TV and she won several awards.
Evidence: In January 1998, while anchoring at CNN Headline News, Geary joined WSB-TV. Geary started her first reporting job at WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia where she was quickly promoted to noon anchor and later moved to Raleigh, North Carolina where she covered politics and conducted some memorable interviews with Jesse Helms, Elizabeth Dole, and John Edwards. Geary won several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Georgia Associated Press and is also proud of her two Emmy Awards that she received during her tenure at WSB.