Layne Kaplan is a senior pursuing a broadcast and digital journalism major and with a sports media studies minor. She has been involved with ATVN since freshman year, and seven semesters later, she is embarking on her last job at ATVN. 

Currently, Layne is the a weather anchor and web supervisor! On Wednesdays, Layne will not only give the five-day forecast, but she also has a weekly segment. On Thursdsays, she will be managing all web content on atvn.org. 

In Fall 2012, Layne was a producer of the Thursday newscast. As a lead producer, her shows featured the USC Halloween Shooting, Decision 2012, and the arrival of the Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles. Additionally, Layne was chosen to be the lead producer of ATVN's Decision 2012 live coverage. On Election Night, my team of 70 students produced four hours of live coverage, which included Skype liveshots, phone interviews, and 7 in-studio correspondents. 

Layne has also been a web producer in the newsroom and a telemprompter and camera operator in the studio.

During Summer 2011, she interned at Los Angeles' KNBC-4 with Mekahlo Medina. She researched, wrote and edited "The Trend" segments for three different newscasts.

In Summer 2012, Layne also had the opportunity to intern with NBC Sports in London covering the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. In London, she worked in the SportsDesk department with Lester Holt, Nancy Snyderman and Tamron Hall. 

Layne is from Houston, Texas and attended Memorial High School. 

You can follow Layne on Twitter @laynekaplan. 

Wednesday Weather Anchor, Thursday Producer, Web Supervisor, Web Producer, Teleprompter Operator