Professional Experience

KPLR-TV St. Louis, Mo.Sept. 2003-Dec. 2008
News Anchor/Managing Editor
*Anchored daily newscast
*Ran story meetings
*Planned special news coverage
*Anchored, wrote, and produced hour long special on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April,
  2008.
*Conceived, wrote, narrated and produced popular CW11 Remembers history 
  segment.
*Reported, wrote and produced more than two dozen Open Case stories (unsolved
  crimes in the St. Louis area).

KMOX Radio St. Louis, Mo. Sept. 2005-Nov. 2007
News Anchor
*Anchored daily newscast 6:00-6:30 p.m.
*Conducted daily live interview

KDNL-TV St. Louis, Mo. Oct. 2001-Oct. 2003
News Anchor
*Anchored daily newscasts 6 and 10 p.m.

U.S. Representative Jim Talent Dec. 2000-Oct. 2001
Media Spokesman
*Served as coach and media trainer in run for Governor of Missouri.
*Arranged interviews and set up special events.
*Wrote news releases.

WDIV-TV Detroit, Mi. Jan. 1999-Dec. 1999
News Anchor/Reporter
*Anchored weekday and weekend newscasts.

KSDK-TV St. Louis, Mo.Sept. 1985-Dec. 1998
News Anchor/Reporter
*Main anchor for 10 p.m.newscast (#1 rated NBC affiliate in the country from 1991 to 1998).
*Won three regional Emmy Awards for reporting and anchoring.

Education

Northwestern University Evanston, Il.

*Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 1972. 

rick edlund

 St. Louis, Mo

Represented by:

Mort Meisner
Mort Meisner Associates
 (248) 545 - 2222
mort@mortmeisner.com