In 2003 Anna Davlantes uncovered hazing rituals that occurred every year during powder puff games at Glenbrook North High School in Illinois. This probably wasn't the first time I saw a story done by Davlantes, but it is the one I remember most and one of the few news stories from my past that I still clearly remember. Her hazing story was the foundation for E! THS Investigates: Hazing in 2007 proving that what she does truly impacts those around her.
After seeing this story I began paying closer attention to the news and began noticing Davlantes more. She was a part of the first underwater live telecast for her series on sharks and continues to bring news about ordinary people doing the extraordinary in the Chicago area. Davlantes is one of the first female news anchors I remember seeing (obviously she wasn't the first, but that's not the point) and she made me want to go into journalism to investigate things going on in the area to inform the public. Davlantes recently switched from the NBC Chicago evening news to being a co-anchor on Good Day Chicago on Fox Chicago News.
