NEWS ANCHOR WITH THE BEST DICTION

1st Place: Judy Clark (WEAU)
2nd Place: Meghan Kulig (FOX)
3rd Place: Sarah Stokes (WEAU)

We bet you think you’d make a pretty good TV news anchor. You’ve got an attractive enough mug and some flashy business suits. That’s all it takes, right? Well, sorry to say, but TV news requires a lot more than that – you need to be a master of verbal acrobatics, and, quite frankly, when you talk it sounds like you have a mouthful of Jell-O. Just look at this year’s first place winner, Judy Clark. Her crisp T’s sound like little whip cracks, and she can pronounce the hell out of “Menomonie” and “Clairemont Avenue.” And second place winner Meghan Kulig has a tongue with the grace of a gentle breeze, until she whips out a forceful “Trempeleau” that rumbles like thunder. In third place, Sarah Stokes looks like the kind of person who might stumble through “Chip-wah Falls” or “Der-and” until, BAM, she drops an impeccable “St. Croix County” on your wanna-be butt. Keep working on those tongue-twisters, sir. – Eric Rasmussen