
Dan Kennedy
Weekend Morning Anchor and Reporter at WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
Dad & Husband | 5, 5:30, 6 & 11p Anchor @13NewsNow, Part of @TEGNA | Formerly @NC5 @WRCB @Mizzou @BaylorSchool | [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
wtsp.com | Dan Kennedy
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Jaedin Wright, a recent graduate at McNair High School, drew a lot of attention by turning rejection into opportunity, earning more than $3.4 million in college scholarships after his top-choice school turned him down. Now his story has an update: He's decided which among the many schools that accepted him he'll attend. Jaedin's headed to Virginia, where he'll attend Norfolk State University! He wants to major in cybersecurity to one day become a security analyst.
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3 weeks ago |
13newsnow.com | Dan Kennedy
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Jaedin Wright, a recent graduate at McNair High School, drew a lot of attention by turning rejection into opportunity, earning more than $3.4 million in college scholarships after his top-choice school turned him down. Now his story has an update: He's decided which among the many schools that accepted him he'll attend. Jaedin's headed to Virginia, where he'll attend Norfolk State University! He wants to major in cybersecurity to one day become a security analyst.
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3 weeks ago |
13wmaz.com | Dan Kennedy
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Jaedin Wright, a recent graduate at McNair High School, drew a lot of attention by turning rejection into opportunity, earning more than $3.4 million in college scholarships after his top-choice school turned him down. Now his story has an update: He's decided which among the many schools that accepted him he'll attend. Jaedin's headed to Virginia, where he'll attend Norfolk State University! He wants to major in cybersecurity to one day become a security analyst.
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1 month ago |
13wmaz.com | Dan Kennedy
CONYERS, Ga. — On the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, a prominent metro Atlanta pastor led a prayer and demonstration outside a Target store in Conyers, where he continued his call for a nationwide boycott of the retail giant. Hundreds gathered with Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest for 9 minutes and 29 seconds of prayer.
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1 month ago |
wltx.com | Dan Kennedy
Graduation season is in full swing in metro Atlanta, and one DeKalb County senior is turning heads — not for the college he’s chosen, but for the incredible story behind it. Jaedin Wright, a senior at McNair High School, turned rejection into opportunity, earning more than $3.4 million in college scholarships after his top-choice school turned him down. Jaedin's peers know him as a dedicated student and a standout in the school band, where he plays trombone and led the band as drum major.
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