{{Short description|American journalist (born 1962)}} {{Infobox person | name = Russ Rhea | image = Russ Rhea.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Russell Allen Rhea | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|31}} | birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S | education = Arizona State University | occupation = Television and radio broadcaster, public relations | other_names = | title = | family = | spouse = Lynne Henderlong (1962-) | partner = | children = | relatives = | years_active = | credits = | website = }}
'''Russell Rhea''' (born July 31, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former television journalist best known for his reporting on Texas National Guard missions in Bosnia and Central America and is currently a public relations executive in Austin, Texas. Rhea grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and is a 1981 graduate of Rolling Hills High School. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in 1985 and began his television career at KYEL-TV in Yuma, Arizona. After 3 years as a reporter and host of PM Magazine at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, Rhea moved to KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, where he spent 10 years as a morning show host, weathercaster and reporter.<ref>[http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2009/04/15/kxan_where_are_they_now.html], Austin American-Statesman</ref> In 1987, the Texas National Guard invited Rhea to report on their activities in Bosnia; his reports from Sarajevo won several awards.<ref>[http://www.tapb.org/], Texas AP Broadcasters</ref>
Rhea left television in 2000 and joined [http://www.hahntexas.com Hahn, Texas Communications] (formerly TateAustinHahn) . In addition to leading media efforts on a number of public issues elections in Texas, Rhea has won numerous public relations industry awards for video production and conducts TateAustinHahn's spokesperson training program.<ref>[http://hahntexas.com/who-we-are/profile/russ-rhea], hahntexas.com Biography</ref><ref>[http://www.austinpost.org/content/professional-journalists-populate-austin-pr Professional Journalists Populate Austin PR]</ref>
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==External links== * [http://hahntexas.com Hahn, Texas Communications]
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