Linda Lupear’s career as a television journalist spans nearly four decades. After graduating from Butler University, she joined the newsroom at WISH-TV to become one of the first women hired as a general assignment news reporter in the Indianapolis market. She stayed at WISH-TV for seven years before moving to WRTV-TV in 1973, where she would spend the next 24 years. During her tenure at WRTV-TV, Lupear focused on the local education beat and established a health beat to explore medical and hospital issues, problems and trends. She also covered major federal prosecutions including the Kimberlin bombing trial and the Tony Kiritsis trial, as well as scored a number of exclusive interviews and stories including with Roger Drollinger right before he turned himself in for the murder of four brothers in Hollandsburg, Indiana, in 1977. Her more than three-decade career as a reporter in Indianapolis made her one of the longest serving women reporters in the city and state.
Lupear was inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2019.
-Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
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