Boys II Men's Game Changer award to be presented to ABC's Terrell Brown
Boys II Men will welcome Terrell Brown to Aurora for the 10th annual Phenomenal Man Awards celebrating the Year of the Game Changers.
From high school where he started his school's first weekly student-produced newscast to college where he earned a full scholarship for broadcasting excellence in television to his current position where his professionalism, personality and passion have earned him the title of "ABC 7's Rising Star," Terrell Brown is a game changer in the media world.
Brown anchors ABC 7 Eyewitness morning newscasts from 4:30 to 7 a.m. as well as the 11 a.m. weekday newscasts. He joined ABC 7 Eyewitness News as a general assignment reporter and contributing anchor in April 2014.
Before joining ABC 7 Eyewitness News, Brown was an anchor/correspondent at CBS News where he anchored "Up to the Minute," the CBS Morning News and served as fill-in anchor for the weekend editions of CBS Evening News.
Brown was honored with a 2014 national Emmy Award for his work on a "48 Hours" special report detailing the manhunt and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. After covering the campaign trail for the 2010 elections in California, he was awarded a Los Angeles area Emmy Award. He was at CBS News from 2009-14.
From 2005-2009, Brown was an anchor/reporter for WWBT-TV, the NBC station in Richmond, Virginia, where he anchored the highest rated weekend morning newscast and filled-in on weekday newscasts. While there, he also contributed to much of the station's award-winning live and breaking news new coverage.
In addition to winning national and local Emmys, Brown was honored for his accomplishments in broadcast journalism with a National Press Club Award. He was named one of Virginia Commonwealth University's Top 10 graduates of the last decade. He was honored with the Chicago Defender's Men of Excellence Award and was nominated for Outstanding Achievement as a news anchor in the Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards.
He will be presented with Boys II Men's Game Changer of the Year Award during the 10th annual Phenomenal Man Awards at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Piper's Banquets in Aurora.