Television journalist Wendi Lane joined fellow Greenfield natives Austin Buckner and Trebor Holder, who host the Ice Cream Sunday Podcast, on a live audience recording of the show Saturday, June 22 at the Warren Cultural Center. In the hour-long podcast that became available where podcasts are found Sunday, June 30, the hosts speak with Lane about the joys and struggles that come along with covering disaster and sad story day after day. Lane, who said her favorite stories to tell are ones that include both heartbreak and hope, received an Emmy Award in 2021 for a story she did on a survivor of military sexual assault.
He went through a journey of healing and Lane was able to tell his story for others to hear it. Lane graduated from the University of Iowa with a Journalism degree, but could only find temporary work doing marketing for insurance companies, a job she did not like. “One night, I came home, and I wasn’t on a good path,” Lane said.
“I got down on my knees and said ‘God, if You’re up there, I know You made me to do something so much bigger, so show me what that is.’” Fast forward not very long and Lane was on a missions trip to Africa. She discovered there were so many stories to tell there and it brought to life her love for storytelling.
Returning to the United States, she went to school for broadcasting in New York City. One of Lane’s first jobs was in Casper, Wyoming. As it is one of the smaller television markets in the country, Lane’s posit.
