Emmy award-winning journalist, Josina Anderson. - Contributed

Emmy Award winner Josina Anderson, daughter of Lloyd and Yasmin Anderson, bagged an Emmy for a television story she wrote.

A first-time nominee for an Emmy, Anderson worked for CBS as a sports news anchor immediately after graduating from University of Chapel Hill in 2000. She has broken numerous national and exclusive stories for FOX News and has been featured frequently on ESPN giving live, breaking sports news.

Anderson resides in Denver, Colorado, but was born in Washington D.C. She works for Fox affiliate in Denver where she is a sports co-anchor- reporter/producer. In a recent email interview, Anderson told Flair about her career and the reason she won the Emmy.

BE: Why did you become a journalist?

JA: I became a journalist because for me, it's the next best thing to being a professional female athlete. I have been involved in sports since I was a little girl. I have also been involved in the media since middle school where I first learned television production. Producing stories is another outlet for me to be creative, and reporting stories is another outlet for me to experience the adrenaline of breaking news first. The positive spirit of competition is what fuelled me as a track runner at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well.

How do you feel to have won an Emmy?

It feels great to win an Emmy, although admittedly I was grateful for the nomination as well. Winning an Emmy does not make me feel brand new because I have always had confidence beyond my pay grade or title. I think the Emmy makes it harder for others to doubt me or downplay me, but I always expect to be underestimated. I just have to keep my nose to the grind in humility and, hopefully, when I look up, occasionally there is good news.

Tell me about the story that won the Emmy.

The story I won the Emmy for is called, 'A Premonition to Addis Ababa'. It is about John Dutton, the starting quarterback for the Colorado Crush (an Arena Football team) and his spiritual voyage to Ethiopia with his wife Terina. My report documents their eventual adoption of an 11-year-old named Miki.

Lastly, the story evaluates the assimilation of a young African boy into the home of a Caucasian family with two new Caucasian brothers, and Miki's adjustment to having a superstar dad.

How did the couple feel about you telling their story?

John and Terina Dutton are both happy for me. They were both kind enough to attend the Emmy gala with me and sit at my table. It was icing on the cake for me to experience the win with my own family, and the Dutton family who was kind enough to let me into their home and tell their story.

Where do you see yourself in five-10 years?

In 10 years, I see myself as a journalist blessed with a national television platform. I also see myself involved in another media and business ventures. I am all about diversifying my portfolio. When you gain the commodity of financial success, it begets time, which begets more success across all the different compartments and spheres in our lives. Eventually, I do want to work less, because I work to live. I don't live to work.

Who are your role models in this business?

That is a hard question because I am such an independent spirit. I would have to say anybody in this world who is more at peace, more giving and has more love in life than I do at any given moment. That includes family members, the man on the street and God.

Josina is the daughter of Jamaicans Yasmin and Lloyd Anderson who attended St Hugh's and Kingston College high schools, respectively.

Josina Anderson: When you gain the commodity of financial success, it begets time, which begets more success across all the different compartments and spheres in our lives.