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Amy Buckman

AMY BUCKMAN spends her days looking for ways Action News viewers can save money. Since September 2008, she has been reporting and producing segments for "Saving with 6abc" on Action News and maintaining the "Saving with 6abc" page on www.6abc.com. She joined the "Saving with 6abc" franchise after nearly ten years as a general assignment reporter for Action News. Amy began working at WPVI-TV in 1989. She was a coordinating producer for AM/Philadelphia, and the Senior Producer and Correspondent for both AM/Live and Philly After Midnight. She also produced numerous specials, including the Auto Show, Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Liberty Medal Ceremony.

Before joining WPVI-TV, Amy was a general assignment reporter and morning anchor for KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa. Prior to that, she was the Washington, D.C., reporter for WEEK-TV in Peoria, Ill. She also worked for several radio stations.

Amy grew up in Wynnewood, Pa., and graduated from Lower Merion High School. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She was given the Harrington Award for top broadcast student in her class and won several additional scholarships from The Headline Club/Society of Professional Journalists in Chicago.

Amy is married to Terry Buckman and they have three sons.

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