Symone Woolridge

Symone is a Multimedia Journalist at WTVA/WLOV News which is the ABC, NBC and FOX affiliate in Tupelo, Mississippi. 

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There, she has covered stories from Black Lives Matter and Confederate marches to a series of cold cases.  She even traveled to Washington to cover the inaugural parade during President Donald Trump's inauguration. 

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She was also the first morning reporter in several years and the first weekend morning anchor at WTVA.

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Symone has been a part of many stories that have made national news like a couple who pled to Isis, a Mississippi military plane crash, the Jessica Chambers trial and the Las Vegas shooting massacre.

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As a one wo[man] band, Symone has learned to be quick and think on her feet. Although she loves "good news" stories, Symone has a passion for hard-hitting news -- the stories that bring emotion, love, anger all at once. 

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Before moving to the south, Symone was titled an Associate Producer for two years at WSIL in Carterville, Illinois. There, she was a "jack of all trades". She was a photographer, editor, producer and even worked in the sports department. 

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Symone is originally from a suburb outside of Chicago. She graduated from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelors Degree in Mass Communications (Radio, Television and Digital Media). Symone was the President of the National Association of Black Journalists, was very active on campus and graduated as a Dean's List student. 

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