While most of us strive to eventually work as a news anchor,
Tim Carrico achieved this goal at the young age of 10 years old. He started at
a state- wide show called Kids News
that aired on CBS and NBC affiliates across the state. He says with his early start into media, he
was quickly “bit by the news bug.” Tim
says he “was exposed to a small portion of television news and broadcast and he
felt that it was the career path he needed to take.”
With success also came failure as the show was cancelled
just one year later because of the lack of money to hire a producer. Although it was extremely discouraging, Tim
never gave up and started interning for the local CBS and Fox new
stations. He then began climbing the
broadcast ladder starting as a camera - man and then a reporter and eventually
a producer. “It was neat to be a camera
– man and producer, but being a reporter was my favorite,” says Carrico. “I got
to meet a lot of interesting people and really become the face of 59 News.”
After years of hard work, Carrico achieved his ultimate goal
of broadcasting: becoming the weekend anchor for the local CBS and Fox
stations. His greatest achievement was
bringing the eyes of the world to Southern West Virginia in his coverage of the
Upper Big Branch coalmine explosion that took the lives of 29 miners. Carrico says: “As a reporter we all hope for
the big story, but this story truly made it a reality. Meeting the family and
friends of the deceased showed me the tough sides of reporting that were sad,
but necessary.”
Tim was forced to grow up faster than most of us, being
given such an adult responsibility at a very young age. It truly gave him the jump-start he needed
to further his career as a news anchor.
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