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Okmin holds camps for young reporters

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By Carroll Rogers Walton - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Young, attractive female sideline reporters are as much a part of NFL game days as an officiating crew, coin flip, and video replay. If anything, television networks are going for even younger. Just ask Atlanta’s Pam Oliver, the veteran reporter who lost her prime-time Fox gig to Erin Andrews in 2014.

But one Fox NFL sideline reporter, Laura Okmin, now in her 40s, has found a new niche within the changing landscape. She is taking it upon herself to help prepare the next wave of young women reporters.