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Light my way Presentation “A Real, True Friend”

Elaine launches an essay contest for teen girls. Based on the highly acclaimed book, "The Friendships Between Woman," the essay will help teen girls express their own living stories of courage, dedication and sacrifice. For over two years the book has assisted women from all over the country to share their stories of friendship. The essay contest will now allow teenaged girls to identify and compare their own stories with the experienced women of the book. For a copy of the contest form, rules and information, contact Elaine.



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About Elaine

My mom is fond of telling the story about how I was meant to "tell the news" long before I attended journalism school and landed my first job on TV. In recalling my childhood, she says it was a common, almost daily occurrence for her to raise up the window and yell for my brothers, sister and me to come into the house and everyone would come in except me.

When she asked my siblings where I was, they would give an answer similar to the one they'd given her the day before: "There's a fire and she's outside looking at the firemen put it out" or "That boy who lives across the street in that blue house was fighting with that other boy, and she is still watching the fight." My mom goes on to say that when I did come in I would "report" in vivid detail what had happened. So, it's no surprise that I became a reporter.

Elaine Houston’s media career includes experience earned in radio and television. Elaine joined WNYT in January 1990 as an Education Reporter. Now the 5:30 anchor/education and reporter on stories impacting women, she’s covered everything from tornadoes in Oklahoma to the Elian Gonzalez controversy in Cuba, to former First Lady of New York, Michelle Paterson.

Equally as important as her professional career is her work on documentaries about women. Her first was TOUCH A WOMAN, TOUCH A ROCK on women in three countries in Africa. She's currently working on her 2nd on women who stutter. Her work in the community is equally important. In March 1990 she became a mentor in the New York State Mentoring Program. The following year she developed a communications program at the Arbor Hill Community Center, teaching children ages 9-12 the basics about the broadcast business. In 1998 Elaine created the “Cookie House,” an after school tutorial program for kids. In 1999, in her capacity as an education reporter, she organized a weekend trip to Space Camp in Canada for 30 educators. The goal was to help the teachers encourage their students to pursue careers in science and exploration.