Nikki Preede - Host
and Executive Producer of
"The Scrushy Trial"

Nikki Preede was the crime reporter 
for FOX6 News. Nikki is the recipient 
of several industry awards including Most 
Outstanding Reporter from Troy State, 
the Hector Award for Meritorious 
News Reporting and an Associated Press 
award for Best Feature Reporter.

Nikki Preede - Host and Executive Producer of

 "The Scrushy Trial"

It´s one of the biggest trials ever to hit Alabama and its generating 
interest around the world. If convicted Richard Scrushy is facing more 
than 200 million dollars in fines and life behind bars. The first to be 
tried under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Scrushy is accused of inflating 
Health South´s earnings by more than two billion dollars. Scrushy maintains 
his innocence and has formed an outstanding defense team to help clear his name. 
Expected to last as long as four months, the trial is gaining worldwide attention 
and WOTM TV-19 is making sure you have the information you want and need. 



"The Scrishy Trial" on WOTM 19 gives "in-depth coverage" new meaning. 
We believe that a full day in court deserves more than two minutes of 
selected coverage, that´s why each night at 10:30 pm, we give you a 
full thirty minutes of highlights, insights and background.
The unbiased facts and details of the case as they unfold in court. 
Our reporters bring you the latest and best information fresh from the courthouse, 
our legal analysts, insightful and interesting perspectives.



Nikki Preede is the Host and Executive Producer of "The Scrushy Trial" 
and brings more than 14 years of industry experience to WOTM TV-19. 
Nikki´s career as a respected and trusted journalist began exactly one 
year before graduating from Troy University with a degree in Broadcast 
Journalism. Hired to report and anchor for the CBS affiliate in Montgomery, Al., 
four months later, Nikki was also freelancing as a feature reporter with CNN. 
Five months after that, the college senior landed a job with WIAT CBS 42 in 
Birmingham where she was a general assignment reporter, news anchor
and even fill-in sports anchor. 



Two years later, Nikki made her next career move to the number one 
rated television station in the market, Fox owned and operated WBRC Fox 6.
 
During the six years she worked as a reporter 
and anchor for Fox6, Nikki covered many of the regions top news stories and 
events. She was even the first to report on the alleged fraud
at Health South, broadcasting live on the front lawn of the Highway 
280 headquarters when federal agents first entered the building.
Nikki has been honored more than two dozen times for her efforts 
and outstanding performance on and off camera. 
Although she´s covered everything from the humorous to the tragic, 
Nikki prefers breaking news and in-depth coverage that allows the 
viewer to get the "whole story", not just the two minute version.