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Name: Lynnsey Gardner
Title: Weekend Anchor, Reporter
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Lynnsey reports for News 12 three days a week, and on the weekend, you'll find her behind the anchor desk making sure you don't miss a beat.
Lynnsey first joined the WRDW team as a reporter/photojournalist, or a "one-man band", in June of 2006.
During her time at News 12, Lynnsey exclusively reported on the largest marijuana bust in Georgia history when 25 million dollars worth of marijuana plants were seized in Taliaferro county in August of 2006.
By December, Lynnsey was covering the passing of James Brown on Christmas Day, which included her exclusive interview with Tomi Rae Brown and James Brown Junior at the Godfather of Soul's statue in downtown Augusta, just hours after his death. As the world's eyes were on Augusta, Lynnsey continued to report the story throughout that week, including reporting on his Homegoing celebration at the James Brown Arena the following week, his burial in March of 2007, and she continues to follow the ongoing James Brown court battle in Aiken County.
Lynnsey also uncovered allegations of Animal Cruelty at the Richmond County Animal Shelter in 2007, which prompted action by the city, and launched an investigation by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, and gained national attention from PETA.
Most recently, Lynnsey contributed to News 12 team coverage of Operation: Augusta Ink. The 16 month undercover operation was the largest undercover storefront operation in recent history, and in November of 2007, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, along with the ATF, arrested 71 suspected gang members in one day, and took 400 guns off the street.
Lynnsey loves calling the CSRA home, it's a southern community with a lot of history, and one she feels is the perfect place to continue her career. Lynnsey is a Southern girl at heart. She was born in Dallas, Texas, raised in Birmingham, Alabama and Grayson, Georgia. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Georgia in May of 2006, where she majored in Broadcast News and minored in Political Science. As a student at the Grady College of Journalism, Lynnsey worked as a reporter, photojournalist, anchor, and producer for NewSource 15; the local Athens news channel broadcast by the Grady College.
Lynnsey was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority at the University of Georgia. In her spare time, Lynnsey loves to travel and during college she studied abroad in Austria and traveled to Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Croatia. She has also been to Belize, Honduras, and the Bahamas.
Lynnsey loves to spend time with friends and family and in her spare time, you'll find her cheering on the red and black. GO DAWGS!! And of course, she'd always like to hear from you, you can email her at lynnsey.gardner@wrdw.com.
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or
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