Paula Francis

{{Multiple issues|{{Notability|Biographies|date=September 2014}}{{BLP sources|date=September 2014}}{{BLP primary sources|date=September 2014}}{{Third-party|date=September 2014}}}} {{Infobox person | name = Paula Francis | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|12}} | birth_place = Queens, New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison | occupation = Journalist | television = KTNV-TV (1985–1990)<br>KLAS-TV (1990–2016) | website = }} '''Paula Francis''' (born March 12, 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290283/ |title= Paula Francis|access-date=2009-02-06 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date= }}</ref> is an American journalist.

== Life == Francis was born in Queens, New York City, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=175332&nav=menu102_9_1 |title= Paula Francis |access-date=2009-02-06 |publisher=8 News Now KLAS-TV |date= }}</ref> Paula's TV news career started in Madison, Wisconsin and later moved to Las Vegas in 1985 where she started at KTNV-TV as the evening anchor until she joined KLAS-TV in 1990 as the evening anchor alongside Gary Waddell. Paula has won eight ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' Best of Las Vegas awards and several humanitarian awards for her involvement in the community.

She has appeared in over a dozen episodes as herself as the news anchor in ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290283/ |title=Paula Francis |access-date=2009-02-06 |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date= }}</ref>

Francis retired from anchoring on April 1, 2016.

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==Further reading== * {{cite web | last=Lawrence | first=Christopher | title=Retiring Paula Francis looks back on her three decades at Channel 8 | website=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=February 17, 2016 | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/tv/retiring-paula-francis-looks-back-her-three-decades-channel-8 | access-date=June 26, 2016}} * {{cite web | last=Bowers | first=Nikki | title=KLAS-TV wishes Las Vegas news legend Paula Francis a happy retirement | website=KLAS | date=April 2, 2016 | url=http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/klas-tv-wishes-las-vegas-news-legend-paula-francis-a-happy-retirement | access-date=June 26, 2016}}

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