Jeffcoat has been a guest star on several television shows including
NBC’s
This Is Us,
Netflix’s “What If”,
FOX’s “911”, “Family Time” as well as “Truth Be Told” on
Apple TV. She also has appeared as an actress on Lifetime Movie “My Daughter was Stolen”. In November 2019, she appeared in films “In the Line of Duty” and “Mainstream” with director Gia Coppola. At age twelve she hosted a local children's program in her hometown of
Greenville, South Carolina. Her first reporting job was in
Tallahassee, Florida. She has worked as a reporter and/or anchor at
WBTV in Charlotte, NC and
WCSC-TV in Charleston, SC. Jeffcoat was a morning anchor at
KRIV in
Houston from November 2004 to June 2007. During her time at KRIV, the morning show became
Houston's fastest growing morning news. Jeffcoat began anchoring
Chicago's
WFLD-TV on June 25, 2007. Initially, she was co-hosted the "Good Day Chicago" morning program. In August 2010, she was moved up to co-anchor of the station's Noon newscast. She hosted WFLD-TV's
Good Day Chicago for three years which won an Illinois AP award for Best Newscast in 2008. She also garnered two local
Emmy awards for separate reports. She and three co anchors launched
Scripps' "The List"; a syndicated entertainment show. She left WFLD in 2012. From 2013 - 2018 Jeffocat was a morning and evening
TV news anchor for
WUSA-TV in
Washington, D.C. Since 2018, Jeffcoat has worked for
Sinclair Broadcast Group, first for rival station
WJLA-TV within Washington, D.C., and since late 2020 for Sinclair's national headline news service
The National Desk, which broadcasts from WJLA-TV studios.
Awards Jeffcoat has won 5 Emmy awards for her anchoring and reporting in various markets including Chicago as well as a national news magazine show. She won an Edward R. Murrow for her reporting after the earthquakes in Haiti. She was named "Top Houston Professional who's on the fast track" by H-Texas Magazine. During her first month in Houston she covered a collision on the
Sam Houston Tollway. Her coverage on the aftermath of that wreck led to a nomination for a
Regional Emmy. She also received an Emmy nomination for Best Anchor in Texas in 2006 and 2007 as well as two AP awards for anchoring. In 2005 and 2006, Jeffcoat was nominated for a Star Award by the American Women of Radio and Television for Best On-Air Personality in Houston. She was also named 2010 Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year by her
alma mater USC. ==Personal==