Dan Winters (WHO / August 2, 2011) |
13 Fascinating Facts About Dan Winters
1. I am not a member of Facebook.
2. That being said, feel free to follow me on Twitter @danwinters
3. Ketchup should be its own food group.
4. My dog's name is Paul Harvey.
5. I have lived in six towns in Iowa.
6. I have a crippling fear of snakes.
7. My family used to own the oldest hardware store in Iowa.
8. I can recite every word of the movie, "Christmas Vacation."
9. I was president of my fraternity.
10. I've never voted a straight ticket.
11. I volunteer at a local youth shelter.
12. I had dental bonding to fill the big gap in my front teeth.
13. Have you seen my keys...or my wallet?
Dan Winters is an anchor and Emmy award-winning investigative reporter for Channel 13 News. Dan has spent the past eight years covering the big story in Iowa. In January 2012, the station announced that Dan will become the station's main 6 & 10 PM anchor following John Bachman's retirment in November 2012.
Dan came to Channel 13 in May, 2004. He was born on a farm near Chariton, IA. He has lived in Marengo, Sioux City, Clarinda, Ames, and now Des Moines. Dan began his broadcasting career at age 16 at KMA Radio in Shenandoah, IA. After high school, he worked full-time as a news anchor/editor for KPRC, the CBS Radio affiliate, in Houston, TX.
Dan attended Iowa State University's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication. While in college, he worked as a reporter for KCCI-TV, covering the VEISHEA riot of 2004. Later that year, Dan was awarded "First Place TV Reporting" at the 2004 Hearst Journalism Awards Championship in San Francisco. One of the highlights of Dan's career was being assigned to interview and cover President Barack Obama during the 2008 Iowa Caucuses. Dan, his wife, Shannon, and their son live in Beaverdale.
You can contact Dan here.
