Deion Broxton is reminding viewers that you can take the reporter out of Baltimore, but you can’t take the Baltimore out of the reporter.
Broxton re-posted a video from last year, when he was an MMJ for KECI in Bozeman, Mont. In the video, he “nopes” out of a stand-up and tells a herd of Yellowstone Park’s Bison he “isn’t messing” with them. That video has nearly 400,000 likes on Twitter.
“A year later. I get tired of talking about this video,” Broxton wrote. “But it’s a reminder of my journey. I couldn’t get a job on TV because of my hood/Baltimore accent. I spent thousands on a speech coach.”
The story has a happy ending for Broxton. He now works for KGAN in Iowa, a state with far fewer Bison roaming around. And just this week he found out he won an award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
A year later. I get tired of talking about this video. But it’s a reminder of my journey. I couldn’t get a job on TV because of my hood/Baltimore accent. I spent thousands on a speech coach. Fast forward, this week I learned I won an award from the Iowa Broadcast News Association https://t.co/4L8JP6cOAy
— Deion Broxton (@DeionBroxton) March 25, 2021