Lillian Donahue Reporter, MMJ TV Reel 2021

REEL OUTLINE: 00:00​​ - 01:14​​ Live shots, breaking news, creative stand ups, national contributions
01:15​​ - 03:15​ Exclusive story with family of murdered North Charleston woman, shot and edited solo
03:16​ - 04:49​ People rescued from high floodwater in Colleton County, shot and edited solo
​04:50​ - 06:40​ Unity March PKG, 50/50 shot and edited by myself and a photographer
6:41​​ - 08:44​​ Exclusive investigation broken on COVID-19 outbreak in federal prison, shot and edited solo

About Lillian

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Lillian Donahue is a bilingual, award winning journalist who has reported across the United States and in Mexico.

Most recently, she has been a multimedia reporter for Live 5 News, WCSC, the leading news station in Charleston, South Carolina.

Over the past two years, she has reported from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting live shots and stories broadcast across the Southeast. She led reporting on the 2020 Democratic primaries and general election and covered visits by President Trump, VP Pence and the First and Second Ladies. Other key reporting also includes breaking news on two hurricanes, riots and social unrest.

She has also been a repeat guest correspondent on the nationally-syndicated political show Full Court Press with Greta Van Susteren. The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas has awarded Lillian with second place for MMJ of the Year. 

Before Charleston, she reported on-air as a Washington D.C. correspondent for Arizona PBS's Cronkite News. Lillian worked at KAET along the U.S. / Mexico border, in both English and Spanish, covering international topics including interviews with Trump administration cabinet members and the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox.

She has also digitally reported in Honolulu for Hawaii News Now and worked competitive internships with CNN's investigative unit in New York City and Phoenix NPR, KJZZ.