Shelly Jamison
Shelly L. Jamison (born July 10, 1962)[1] is a former television news reporter from Phoenix, Arizona, who appeared as a Playboy magazine cover model, and the sideline reporter on the 1989 souped-up roller derby TV series RollerGames.
Jamison majored in broadcast journalism at Arizona State University. She worked as a news producer, reporter and occasional anchor on KTSP-TV in Phoenix, until she appeared clothed on the cover and nude inside the July 1989 issue of Playboy magazine.[2] In the accompanying article, she predicted that she would most likely be fired from her job at KTSP-TV. She rationalized that her pay for the appearance (over US$100,000) was more than five years' pay at the station: she did leave her job at the station after the magazine appearance.[3]
She was hired as a sideline reporter for RollerGames in May 1989, after producers David Sams and Michael Miller saw her picture in a USA Today story about the controversial Playboy appearance.[4]
Since 1998, Jamison has been a firefighter in various capacities,[5] currently serving at the rank of Captain and position of Battalion Chief of the Phoenix Fire Department.[6][7]
References
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ USA Today article about Jamison's Playboy appearance, by Matt Roush, Life section, page 03.D, May 22, 1989, USA Today
- ^ "`Nudie' TV news reporter quits", Chicago Sun-Times, May 22, 1989. Archived at HighBeam Research. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- ^ "On the Rink of A Vervous Breakdown", By Dewey Webb, Phoenix New Times, August 30, 1989. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
- ^ "Shelly Jamison | Phoenix Fire Dept."
- ^ "LinkedIn Profile"
- ^ "Potentially life-saving technology to track, find firefighters in testing phase", by Tess Rafols, Azfamily.com, April 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
- "Junior Samples", Restaurant review by Shelly Jamison, Phoenix New Times, February 21, 1990. Retrieved March 9, 2007.