Sean Kelly
POSTED: 4:22 pm EST December 27,
2005
UPDATED: 10:45 am EDT June 30,
2009
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BOSTON -- Sean Kelly joined WCVB-TV Channel 5 in December 2005 as a general assignment reporter.
In 2006, he was named to the newly formed Team 5 Investigates, WCVB’s investigative unit. Kelly joined the station from WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach, Fla., where he served as general assignment reporter and lead political reporter. WCVB and WPBF are both owned and operated by Hearst-Argyle Television.At WCVB, Kelly has investigated the Entwistle murder; the New Bedford nightclub shooting; the New York murder of Boston student Immette St. Guillen; the Big Dig tunnel collapse; and the Danvers chemical plant explosion.Kelly has reported from the scene of major national stories including the 2000 Presidential election recount in Palm Beach County, Fla.; the first fatal anthrax attack in Boca Raton, Fla.; the Enron document destruction; and the hospice where Terri Schiavo dies. He has also contributed to national news coverage for ABC News and the Hearst-Argyle Television station group.While at WBPF, Kelly covered five hurricanes that hit Florida and reported live from Louisiana and Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He was one of the first reporters to arrive at Cape Canaveral in 2003 following the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia.Prior to joining WPBF, Kelly reported for the Hearst station in Fayetteville/Fort Smith, Arkansas. He covered the 1999 F-5 tornado that devastated several cities in Oklahoma.A graduate of Villanova University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Kelly started his career in television at ABC News in New York. The New Jersey native now resides in Boston.
In 2006, he was named to the newly formed Team 5 Investigates, WCVB’s investigative unit. Kelly joined the station from WPBF-TV, West Palm Beach, Fla., where he served as general assignment reporter and lead political reporter. WCVB and WPBF are both owned and operated by Hearst-Argyle Television.At WCVB, Kelly has investigated the Entwistle murder; the New Bedford nightclub shooting; the New York murder of Boston student Immette St. Guillen; the Big Dig tunnel collapse; and the Danvers chemical plant explosion.Kelly has reported from the scene of major national stories including the 2000 Presidential election recount in Palm Beach County, Fla.; the first fatal anthrax attack in Boca Raton, Fla.; the Enron document destruction; and the hospice where Terri Schiavo dies. He has also contributed to national news coverage for ABC News and the Hearst-Argyle Television station group.While at WBPF, Kelly covered five hurricanes that hit Florida and reported live from Louisiana and Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He was one of the first reporters to arrive at Cape Canaveral in 2003 following the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia.Prior to joining WPBF, Kelly reported for the Hearst station in Fayetteville/Fort Smith, Arkansas. He covered the 1999 F-5 tornado that devastated several cities in Oklahoma.A graduate of Villanova University and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Kelly started his career in television at ABC News in New York. The New Jersey native now resides in Boston. Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
