![]() And working remotely also demonstrated that she had options. "I covered the topics many families were struggling with, and I found an enormous online community in Denver and across the country looking for help and guidance," she says. ![]() I was an anchor, reporter, TV engineer, mom, chef, teacher and more."Ĭourtesy of Natalie Tysdal The work continued to be fulfilling, though. With a daughter in college, one in high school and a fifth-grade son, all in different schools, I had a house full of remote learners and a remote TV studio in my closet. Like many, I found that being a mom during the pandemic was very difficult. I asked for a one-year contract so I could think about what I wanted longer term. She reveals that "station management offered me a multi-year contract in October of 2019. to prepare for the long-format show got more difficult through the years as my kids started staying up later." While I am a morning person, getting up between 2 a.m. "As you may know, I started at Channel 2 in 2002, when we were WB2 and Tom Green was my co-anchor. "Leaving the station, my co-workers and the viewers at KWGN/KDVR was not an easy decision," she stresses. Once again, Tysdal's kids were a major factor in her latest move. She hosted alongside Tom Green until he left the station in early 2017 (he returned to 9News that October), at which point she teamed up with Chris Parente for one of the most distinctive info roundups in the Mile High market. ![]() ![]() Tysdal, who worked at TV outlets in Lincoln, Nebraska Twin Falls, Idaho Mobile, Alabama and Dallas, Texas before landing in Denver nearly twenty years ago, left KWGN and Fox31 once before, back in 2013, in order to spend more time with her family - husband Tyler and their three children - before returning to Daybreak. "I’ve always been a proponent of a digital platform, but never did I imagine the pandemic leading to this new venture." "I am currently building out a plan for a weekly podcast and interview format show on YouTube where I can continue my passion for journalism by focusing on issues around health, education, relationships and families," Tysdal explains. She's declared her broadcasting independence and is now essentially creating a network of her own, motivated in part by her experiences during the COVID-19 crisis. But she officially left this role last Friday, January 28 - and the choice was hers. Natalie Tysdal, a winner of Westword's Best TV Anchor award, has been one of the most familiar faces on Denver TV for years thanks to a series of gigs at sister stations KWGN and Fox31, including her most recent, as co-host of Daybreak, Channel 2's morning show. ![]()
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