NEWS
2.20.10 - JULIE EMCEES DINNER, AUCTION - Julie Tam emceed Crane House: The Asia Institute's Asian New Year Dinner & Auction at The Henry Clay, with honorary co-chairs Dr. & Mrs. James Ramsey, University of Louisville president and his wife. View photo.
10.26.09 - JULIE INCLUDED IN TEXTBOOK - Julie Tam was consulted for her advice and was included in the textbook The Performer in Mass Media: Connecting with Television and Online Audiences, by Drs. William Hawes and Beth M. Olson, published Sep. 16, 2009 by Holcomb Hathaway.
10.26.09 - JULIE STARTS NEW BUSINESS - Julie Tam is the founder/president of The Application Masters, a college application/essay and document editing service.
10.21.09 - JULIE EMCEES CNPE AWARDS LUNCHEON - Julie Tam emceed the 9th annual Center for Nonprofit Excellence awards luncheon at Galt House Hotel in Louisville.
10.20.09 - JULIE MODERATES FED/YPAL PANEL - Julie Tam moderated a panel discussion It's More than a Man-cession: The Real Demographics of Recession, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL) at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Louisville.
10.16.09 - JULIE INTERVIEWED ON RADIO - Dream List Radio for teens interviewed Julie Tam about her career as a TV news anchor/reporter, covering the ups and downs, helpful resources, and how she got started. Listen to the interview here.
9.23.09 - JULIE VOTED LOUISVILLE'S "HOTTEST ANCHOR" - Julie won "Hottest Anchor (male or female)" in LEO Weekly's Readers' Choice '09 awards.
8.29.09 - JULIE WINS DANCING WITH THE STARS - Julie Tam won a local version of Dancing with the Stars, which was part of three shows -- Broadway on the River: Stars & Stripes -- she performed at RiverStage in Jeffersonville, IN on Sat., Aug. 22; Sun., Aug. 23; and Sat., Aug. 29. During the shows, she also sang a classical solo, The War is Over, and danced in a couple of other numbers. See the photos in Julie's "TV World" online gallery.
8.29.09 - JULIE RIDES IN PARADE, STOMPS GRAPES FOR CHARITY - Julie Tam rode with a miniature FOX 41 mascot Snow Fox in a Corvette with the top down in the Swiss Wine Festival parade in Vevay, IN. She also stomped grapes as part of the Celebrity Media Grape Stomp, put on by Switzerland County Tourism and involving nearly two dozen media celebrities from the Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati markets. Unfortunately, Julie did not finish in the top-3 spots, so she did not win money for her charity of choice. See the photos in Julie's "TV World" online gallery.
8.13.09 - JULIE SPEAKS ON CONVENTION PANEL - Julie was a panelist for the "Small Market Survival" workshop at the Asian American Journalists Association Convention at the World Trade Center in Boston.
6.25.09 - JULIE WINS 3 SPJ AWARDS - Julie Tam won three Society of Professional Journalists 2008 awards: General News (1st place), Sports Reporting (1st), and Investigative Reporting (3rd).
6.1.09 - JULIE NOMINATED FOR EMMY - Julie Tam has been nominated for an Emmy award for her story "Paralympic Dreams" in the Sports News category. Watch the video here.
5.1.09 - JULIE AT BARNSTABLE-BROWN GALA - Julie Tam interviewed celebrities at Louisville's famed Barnstable-Brown Gala, Fri., May 1 (Kentucky Derby weekend). Guests included Paris Hilton, Brooke Shields, Kid Rock, Danica Patrick, Larry Birkhead, and other Hollywood and football stars. See the photo on the Courier-Journal website.
4.20.09 - FOLLOW JULIE ON TWITTER - Read frequent updates at http://twitter.com/julietamnow.
4.17.09 - JULIE SPEAKS TO STUDENTS - Julie Tam makes her annual trip to Clarksville to speak to students about her career as part of Clarksville Middle School's Career Day for 8th graders.
3.3.09 - JULIE READS TO KIDS - To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and as part of Read Across America, Julie Tamread to two classes of students at Fairmont Elementary School in New Albany, IN onTue., Mar. 3.
2.27.09 - JULIE SPEAKS ON PANEL - Julie Tam and two other media professionals were on a panel for the Leadership Louisville Center's Bingham Fellows class of 2009, tackling the topic "Creating a Cool Region: The Next Generation of Talent," on Fri., Feb. 27 on the campus of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
2.22.09 - JULIE SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS - At Carl Casper's Custom and the Louisville New Car Auto Show at the Kentucky Expo Center on Sun., Feb. 22, Julie Tam signed autographs on her headshots and handed out FOX 41 "Snow Fox" rulers to people attending the 3-day event.
2.16.09 - JULIE READS TO KIDS - For the fourth year in a row, Julie Tam read to a classroom full of children at Gutermuth Elementary School's "We Love to Read Day" (the event has gone by a different name in past years) in Louisville. She read two books to two 3rd-grade classes on Mon., Feb. 16 -- President's Day.
2.10.09 - JULIE MODERATES PANEL DISCUSSION - Julie Tam moderated "Diversity in the Obama Age," featuring Lt. Governor Dan Mongiardo, Dr. Ricky Jones, Rico Nieto, and Bonita Black; organized by Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL); and attended by about 100 people at The Henry Clay in Louisville on Tue., Feb. 10. (This was not a political event, but rather, one focused on diversity issues of ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, and more.) See photo here.
2.6.09 - JULIE SPEAKS AT HER HIGH SCHOOL - As part of the Second Baptist School Alumni Speaker Series, Julie Tam was among six alumni who attended a luncheon with her former teachers and staff. She then spoke to about 100 students, faculty, and staff at the Houston high school on Fri., Feb. 6, during two sessions about her career and the educational foundation laid by SBS. See photohere.
1.6.09 - JULIE SPEAKS AT COMMENCEMENT - Julie Tam was the commencement speaker at ITT Tech in Louisville on Sat., Jan. 3. It's a private, technical college with locations around the country. See photo here.
12.8.08 - JULIE JOINS CRANE HOUSE - Julie Tam has been chosen to serve on the Outreach Committee of Crane House: The Asia Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization that educates and offers activities and events to the greater Louisville community about Asian cultures.
10.21.08 - JULIE JOINS COMMITTEE - Julie Tam is selected to serve on the Nominations Committee of the Association of Rice Alumni and will help select new ARA board members. She graduated from Rice University in 2003.
9.22.08 - JULIE ON FITM - Julie Tam is mentioned on Fox In the Morning, but for an unusual reason. She wasn't reporting or anchoring. Instead, anchors Barry Bernson and Candyce Clifft dished about Julie Tam's husband's Tide commercial getting to air on national TV, Wed., Sep. 10. Watch the clip here. For all the media coverage and to watch the ad that aired on TV, visit Julie Tam's husband Saqib Siddik's website.
9.20.08 - PANTHER QUOTES JULIE - Chapman U's newspaper writes about Julie Tam's husband's 30 seconds of fame in this online article. The reporter interviews Julie as well.
9.15.08 - JULIE LAUNCHES TRAVEL BLOG - Your chance to travel around the world with Julie Tam is right here.
9.10.08 - JULIE IN CJ, ANGIE FENTON BUZZ - Angie Fenton blogged and wrote a column in Louisville's Courier-Journal about Julie Tam as an inspiration for her husband's Tide ad on national TV.
7.25.08 - JULIE MAKES FRONT PAGE - The official national convention newspaper of UNITY Journalists of Color 2008 captures Julie Tam (left) and a friend/fellow journalist (2nd from left) in a front-page photo.
7.12.08 - JULIE WINS SPJ AWARD - Julie Tam receives 2nd place at the 2008 Louisville Society of Professional Journalists Awards in the General TV News category, in which she was judged on her reporting during 2007.
6.10.08 - JULIE GETS AWARD - Jefferson County Public Schools recognizes Julie Tam as "Super Star: Most Valuable Volunteer" for her service in helping students.
5.16.08 - JULIE SPEAKS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL - Julie Tam spoke to 8th graders at Clarksville Middle School in Clarksville, IN about a career in TV news, Fri., May 16.
5.11.08 - JULIE, FBI CITIZEN AGENT - Having graduated from the FBI Citizens' Academy in April (after two months of hands-on classes), Julie Tam filed an in-depth report on WDRB-TV FOX 41 on her experience, including firing machine guns and going through firearms training. Watch it here.
5.12.08 - JULIE EMCEES EVENT - Julie Tam emceed Celebrate Asia Family Day at the Speed Art Museum at University of Louisville, Sat., May 10. See photo here.
5.11.08 - JULIE INTERVIEWS HILLARY CLINTON - Julie Tam interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton one-on-one, Fri., May 9 in Louisville. Watch the story that aired on Sat., May 10.
3.28.08 - JULIE SPEAKS AT CAREER DAY - Julie Tam shared information on her job to about 450 students at Watson Lane Elementary School in Louisville for about three hours on Thu., Mar. 27.
2.14.08 - JULIE READS TO KIDS - Julie Tam read to two 2nd-grade classes at Gutermuth Elementary School in Louisville on Valentine's Day.
2.2.08 - JULIE GRACES BILLBOARD - You can see Julie Tam and a few other WDRB-TV FOX 41 anchors on a billboard in downtown Louisville, along the Ohio River. It's just west of "Spaghetti Junction" (where I-64, I-65, and I-71 meet), as you head west on I-64 or exit toward the I-65 interchange.
2.1.08 - JULIE & BILL ANCHOR WEEKENDS - Bill Alexander joins Julie Tam to anchor and file reports for the 10pm news on FOX 41 Saturdays and Sundays. Julie will also continue reporting three weeknights on FOX News at 10.
12.12.07 - JULIE BOWLS FOR A CAUSE - Julie Tam bowled for the FOX 41 team at Bowling for Brightside, a fundraising event for the city's beautification organization, which featured local media celebrities, the mayor, and police chief, on Thu., Nov. 15, at Lucky Strike at Fourth Street Live! in downtown Louisville. To see a photo of Julie in action, click here.
11.15.07 - JULIE DELIVERS LECTURE - On Thu., Nov. 8, Julie Tam spoke to a Spalding University communications class in Louisville about her job.
11.14.07 - JULIE GOT MARRIED - Julie Tam got married on Sat., Oct. 20, 2007 in Houston, TX and is back in Louisville, KY with her husband.
9.29.07 - JULIE MAKES COVER OF PAPER, SCENE - The newly revamped weekly Saturday Scene section of Louisville's Courier-Journal features an article and photos of Julie Tam and her fashion/style items. Julie also graces the cover of Scene and the front page of the newspaper.
9.8.07 - RUCAA MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - Rice University Chinese Alumni Association features Julie Tam on its website and monthly e-newsletter.
7.24.07 - TERRORISM LECTURE - On Jul. 19, Julie Tam was a guest lecturer at Indiana University Southeast in Clarksville, IN on the topic of the media's role as related to homeland security and terrorism.
6.13.07 – FASHION ARTICLE – Velocity , a weekly section of Louisville's Courier-Journal newspaper, published a full-page article and photo about Julie Tam's wardrobe and fashion sense in Closet Raid.
5.11.07 - CAREER DAY - Julie Tam spoke to 8th graders at Clarksville Middle School in Clarksville, IN as part of "Career Day," about a career in broadcast journalism.
4.28.07 - NEW PHOTO ALBUM - A new album called "TV World" has now been added to Julie Tam's Yahoo! Photos page, which includes images of Julie reporting, anchoring, producing, and just hanging out at her different TV stations after hours over the years.
2.14.07 - CELEBRITY READING - Julie Tam spent part of her afternoon reading to 1st graders at Gutermuth Elementary School in Louisville, along with other local celebs.
1.15.07 - JULIE THE WEBMASTER - Julie Tam is the new webmaster for the Texas chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. |
