Shawnte Passmore

Graham Media's WDIV-TV (Detroit) has announced that Shawnte Passmore has joined the station as a reporter.  Passmore comes to the station after a nearly 2-year stint as a journalist at KOVR-TV in Sacramento, California.  Prior to KOVR, she was a reporter/MMJ for WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut as well as KMTV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska.  Passmore's resume also includes print experience in Los Angeles as well as local cable TV in Hawthorne and Torrance, California.

For nearly a decade, she has covered wildfires, flooding, snow squalls and severe weather. Some of her most notable stories include covering the missing mother of five, Jennifer Farber Dulos; the trial of Anthony Garcia; and California’s first murder conviction and sentencing of a fentanyl dealer. Shawnte also has covered the issue of homelessness extensively.

She received her B.A. in journalism from California State University, Long Beach.