November 2017 - Marcelle Fontenot, KATC News Anchor

Join us at our November 2017 meeting to hear KATC News Anchor Marcelle Fontenot give her story. Fontenot is a native of Opelousas and earned her Mass Communications degree with Honors at Southern University in 2002. She interned at KATC TV3 during the summer of 2001 and officially joined the news department in August of 2004, after producing and hosting Parental Vision on KDCG-TV22 in Opelousas for 18 months. She was named co-anchor of the 6:00 newscast in June 2006. Then, in September 2008, Marcelle became co-anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock editions of Acadiana's News Channel.

"I was bitten by the news bug early," she explains. "I anchored a newscast on the miniature set at the Children's Museum in New Orleans when I was about seven years old, that's all it took."

In her career, Marcelle has covered some of the biggest stories of our time: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Jena Six, the Presidential Election of 2008. She is intrigued by politics and has spent time with Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Marcelle has also gone "Inside Angola" -- an in-depth series about life inside what was once known as "America's Bloodiest Prison."

Marcelle loves being in one of the greatest places on the planet, Acadiana. "The people and the culture are like no other," she says. Marcelle is a huge sports fan and has a special place in her heart for the black and gold -- "Go Saints". In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and going to concerts.

Meeting Details

Location: Petroleum Club of Lafayette

Date:  Friday, November 10, 2017

Time: Networking: 11:30am; Program: 12 noon - 1:00pm

Cost: $18 (pay at the door)