Laila Muhammad is a seasoned journalist/host/television personality with more than a decade of experience. Whether she’s covering breaking news or interviewing celebrities for feature stories, Laila brings her own style and energy to the camera. She prides herself on being her true, authentic self on television. That means an occasional corny joke, high energy, a big smile, and rocking her natural, curly hair.
Prior to arriving at Eye Opener, Laila was a news anchor at WTKR-TV in Norfolk, VA for nearly 9 years. She got her on-camera start in Greenville, NC, as a reporter and anchor at WNCT-TV. She’s worked behind-the-scenes as a production assistant and devoted many long, unpaid hours as a super intern at the CBS Early Show, Best Damn Sports Show Period, FOX Sports West and WTOP Radio.
Neeha Curtis wakes up at 1 a.m every morning with a smile on her face and ready to face the day. Just kidding. She needs at least one cup of coffee to function like a regular human being.
Fueled by punctuality, eagerness, (and probably some of the treats she’s made during cooking segments), Neeha has been sharing news on Eye Opener TV since 2014.
This 10-year broadcast news veteran started as an assistant producer at Dateline NBC in New York. She worked for NBC Olympics, USA Today, and MSNBC after graduating from The College of New Jersey with a B.A in English Literature and Philosophy with a concentration in Law. Neeha also holds a M.S in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I Newhouse School of Public Communications (Go Orange). Before joining Eye Opener TV, Neeha was a reporter and anchor in Greenville, Mississippi, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Dallas, Texas.
Hilary Kennedy is an Emmy Award winning TV host with a degree in Film-Television-Digital Media from Texas Christian University. She has appeared on Access Hollywood, Extra, The Rachael Ray Show, and published her first book, Career Diary of a TV Host: 30 Days on the Job.
Outside the EO studio, she is a style and entertainment expert for publications like Woman’s Day, Fox News Magazine, and CNN.com. When she’s not working, Hilary is a style blogger, tennis player, and fan of TCU sports. You can keep up with Hilary on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
Allyn Hoang is a hustler! The gal’s got boundless drive and is relentlessly chasing the dream. She’s a news anchor and host on Eye Opener TV, a nationally syndicated morning news show airing on The CW. You may have also seen her fill-in host on E! News Now and regularly featured on The Huffington Post.
As a journalist, she is committed to enterprising stories that inform and educate viewers about issues affecting everyday lives. Allyn covers everything from hard news, politics, and business to trending stories, lifestyle, and entertainment.
The former Miss Asian American Texas is a broadcast journalism graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
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This chick was on the show but got fired
Brooke Thomas
CBS 3 Morning News anchor
Brooke Thomas is co-anchor with Jim Donovan of CBS 3’s Eyewitness News This Morning andEyewitness News at Noon. Brooke joined the station in March, 2016, just before debuting on the morning show in April.
Most recently, she was co-host of Tribune Television’s Eye Opener, a live, syndicated morning show broadcast out of Dallas, Texas. Brooke has been a stand-out in morning news programming in several markets including Memphis, Tennessee at WHBQ-TV and KLBK-TV in Lubbock, Texas.
Brooke began her broadcasting career as an intern on Access Hollywood in Los Angeles. The Muskogee, Oklahoma native had never lived alone when she moved solo out to Los Angeles to launch her career. Her first official job in the business was as a reporter at WDAZ in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
She is a 2009 graduate of the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.
Brooke resides in Center City Philadelphia.