BOSTON -- WCVB-TV Channel 5 President and General Manager Bill Fine announced Tuesday a new addition to the Chronicle staff. Shayna Seymour will join the award-winning nightly newsmagazine in mid-April as a reporter and producer.

Seymour joins Chronicle from WGGB-TV, Springfield, where she served as anchor of the morning and noon newscasts and general assignment reporter. While at the ABC affiliate, Seymour honed her reportorial skills covering breaking news events, education and health issues. Her experience covering education was invaluable in scoring several exclusive interviews with renowned comedian and philanthropist Bill Cosby. Seymour produced and reported an on-going series of interviews with Cosby on his efforts to educate and make a difference in the lives of minority students, including four from the Springfield area whose college education he is funding. She has also co-hosted the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon for WGGB.

A native of Amherst, Massachusetts, Seymour received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Spelman College and Master of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University.

Seymour launched her broadcast career at WSTM-TV, Syracuse. Prior to that, she was employed in the corporate world.

Fine said, “I’m pleased we found a reporter and producer with Shayna’s journalistic skills, work ethic and enthusiasm to add to the Chronicle team. I’m confident her unique voice and perspective will appeal to our viewers.”

Seymour said, “I have the utmost respect for the program and consider myself fortunate to work alongside the talented journalists on the team. To be given the opportunity to tell stories I am passionate about is a dream.”