2018 Alumna Bound for CNN!

Ashailyn Gleaton

Ashailyn Gleaton, Class of 2018, is making big moves!  At the end of this month, she will begin a job in Atlanta with news network giant CNN.

Since graduating last May, Gleaton, an Orangeburg native, has worked in Charleston at WCSC-TV (CBS) where she is a news content specialist.  

She shared the following with us about her new position at CNN:

The I+S News Assistant works with news program teams as they deliver their programs to air. 

The primary duties are to run teleprompter, monitor rundowns on a PC, and deliver scripts to producers, talent, and control room staff. News assistants work with shows at CNN, HLN (Headline News) and CNN-International and will have opportunities to receive mentoring with some of the most accomplished professionals in the business of broadcast journalism. 

 Training, development and other production tasks as asked.

Ashailyn is a graduate of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School and SC State's communications program. While working in Charleston she has also been pursuing a master's certificate in digital marketing at Full Sail University.  See her LinkedIn site for more information and to contact her. 

Congratulations Ashailyn! Please keep us posted on your exciting new job!