“In my first couple of weeks at OU, my older sister encouraged me to volunteer at the local NPR affiliate (they employed students), and I ended up working there all four years,” shared Mitchell. She graduated from Ohio University with a focus on print journalism and noted that she “had no real interest in broadcasting.” Growing up in Greenhills, Mitchell attended Our Lady of the Rosary and later Roger Bacon High School.

And yes, I did tell him about that field trip.” Little did I know then (at 8 years old) that 16 years later he would be my colleague! He was the original host of the Son Rise Morning Show. “My most memorable field trip was in second grade when we went to the WCPO studios and got to meet him. “I have a few ‘full circle’ moments, but the best one is that we always watched Channel 9, and when I was in grade school, Brian Patrick was the main morning anchor,” said Mitchell. Life-long resident of the Queen City Anna Mitchell, co-host and producer of Sacred Heart Radio’s Son Rise Morning Show, was always interested in the media.

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