LeeAnn Trotter is a feature reporter covering Arts and Culture and events happening around the Chicago area. She's also a regular contributor to NBC 5’s "Making a Difference" segments.
The Chicago native joined NBC 5 in December 2005 after working at CLTV for eight years. There, she anchored the weekend news and hosted the award-winning entertainment show, "Metromix: The TV Show," which earned her a local Emmy and several nominations for Best On Camera Performance.
Prior to working at CLTV, she was the News and Public Affairs Director at WUSN-FM, where she reported news on the morning show and hosted, "Chicago Up Close," a weekly public affairs show. She also worked briefly at Fox News and WGN Radio. LeeAnn began her broadcasting career at WBBM Newsradio 780, where she held numerous positions, including production manager and traffic reporter.
LeeAnn graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and attended high school at the Latin School of Chicago.
E-mail LeeAnn at LeeAnn.Trotter@nbcuni.com
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Things to do in and around Chicago this weekend: June 20-22
Chicago Pride Fest, Steve Aoki’s Cake on the Lake and Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Fest are some of the highlights this weekend in the Chicago area.
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Tony Award-winning Kimberly Akimbo the Musical comes to Chicago
A new musical on stage in Chicago won five Tony Awards, and one of the cast members even appeared on America’s Got Talent a few years ago.
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Things to do in Chicago this weekend (June 13-15)
NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter takes us through what’s going on in the Chicago area this weekend.
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Things to do in and around Chicago this weekend: June 13-June 15
From Zoo Uncorked to Taste of Randolph to comedian Sandra Bernhard, there are plenty of events to experience as summer heats up.
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New art exhibit opens in Greektown
Greektown’s new art exhibit is now on display. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.
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Things to do in and around Chicago this weekend (June 6-8)
From Chicago Blues Fest and Ribfest Chicago to Jeremy Piven and Jerry Seinfeld, here’s who and what you can see in the Chicago area this weekend
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‘The Floating World': New exhibit museum exhibit opens
A museum at College of DuPage just opened a new exhibition that takes us back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Japanese culture was at the height of its renaissance
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Chicago's Intuit Art Museum reopens in West Town after years of renovation
After two years of renovation, Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum has officially reopened. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the story.
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Marvel's Spiderman exhibit swings into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
Spiderman is one of the world’s most recognizable icons, and there’s a new exhibition about him at Chicago’s Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.
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Things to do in Chicago this Memorial Day weekend
Its Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, and NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has ideas of things to do
