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Your A-List: Best TV Reporter
As the polls closed, Castano outdistanced Wolfson, gaining as many votes as everyone else in the field combined. Castano reports for the NBC affiliate’s evening newscasts, often fronting the night’s big story.
The Oregon native started at KXAN in 2007, after spending her early years in the TV biz reporting and producing news in her home state, as well as a stint as a disc jockey.
Although her job generally concerns serious matters, Castano finds humorous respite in the writings of David Sedaris along with musical diversions in the form of the music of Shakira, according to her bio on the KXAN site.
Go to the jump for complete poll results.
Others receiving votes
- Shannon Wolfson, KXAN: 30 percent
- Quita Culpepper, KVUE: 4 percent
- Jim Swift, KXAN: 2 percent
- Ryan Loyd, KEYE: 2 percent
- Kate Weidaw, KXAN: 2 percent
- Keri Bellacosa, KTBC: 2 percent
- Jenni Lee, KTBC: 1 percent
- Clara Tuma, KVUE: 1 percent
- Elise Hu, KVUE: 1 percent
- Foti Kallergis, KTBC: 1 percent
- Reagan Hackleman, News 8 Austin: 1 percent
- Shelton Green, KVUE: < 1 percent
- Regina Rodriguez, KAKW: < 1 percent
- Bettie Cross, KEYE: < 1 percent
- Matt Flener, KXAN: < 1 percent
- Jim Bergamo, KVUE: < 1 percent
- James Irby, KTBC: < 1 percent
- Jennifer Borget, News 8 Austin: < 1 percent
- Jason Wheeler, KEYE: < 1 percent
- Alexis Patterson, KEYE: < 1 percent
- Catie Beck, News 8 Austin: < 1 percent
- Stephanie Bradford, KAKW: < 1 percent
- Leslie Montoya, KAKW: < 1 percent
- Rudy Koski, KTBC: < 1 percent
- Bob Robuck, News 8 Austin: < 1 percent
- Russell Wilde, News 8 Austin: < 1 percent
- Gregg Watson, KEYE: < 1 percent
- David Herrera, KAKW: < 1 percent
- Juan Jose Rodas, KAKW: < 1 percent
Write-ins: Amy Johnston, KVUE; Ron Oliveira, KEYE; Michelle Valles, KEYE; Jessica Vess, KVUE
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By Patron
June 11, 2009 12:15 PM | Link to this
Castano cheated. Your system for voting is bogus. Everyone in Austin knows who the best reporter is, and any idiot knows how to manipulate computer voting. Of course, as long as your paycheck keeps rolling in it doesnt matter right!!!
By Dirk
June 11, 2009 10:03 PM | Link to this
Eat some more sour grapes Patron. You sound like you are bitter because you lost and writing under a anonymous name just proves it. I’ve known Castano for years, she doesn’t cheat. However, she does have a lot of family and friends. Get a life. Dirk
By Dirk
June 11, 2009 10:19 PM | Link to this
Hater.
By Lindsey
June 12, 2009 1:00 PM | Link to this
Carla is by far the best reporter I’ve seen since I moved to Austin. Most of the stations here are cheesy, but she always has the best stories! Very beautiful person inside and out. I’ve known her a while and she does have many friends and family that care alot about her. Patron, you need to suck it up and realize that Carla is the best. If “any idiot knows how to manipulate computer voting” then why didn’t your person win? Huh? Prolly cause you have no idea what you are talking about. Carla would never cheat!
By Stevie Ray
June 15, 2009 7:57 PM | Link to this
Oh puleeze, get over it. It’s a stupid chessy newspaper poll. Hardly scientific. Someone else said it best… “she has LOTS of family and friends”. And they have lots of family and friends… and they have lots of family…
Anyway, Carla may be a ‘good’ reporter (actually she’s not, but work with me here) but Kate Weidaw is far better at KXAN. In fact I’d like to see her move to a better station. Anyway, I see ten people on the list that are far superior in talent and camera presence. I agree the voting system is skewed. Just look at the results for best neighborhood. Hello, Hyde Park nor Travis Heights are even in the top 3?!?!? (and I don’t live in either)
By Foti Kallergis
June 17, 2009 11:49 AM | Link to this
It would have been nice to know this poll was even going on. I would have gotten my BIG FAT GREEK family to vote. LOL. Maybe next time. Congrats Castano! All the reporters in Austin are great. We all work hard everyday cause we care about Austin. Everyone is a winner.
By Beavus
August 3, 2009 2:29 PM | Link to this
and what about Fred Cantu????????