Interview: Ten Questions With Kacey Montoya, Formally Of Portland's KOIN Local 6



Jenny Hansson and Kacey Montoya

She arrived with very little fanfare, and has just snuck out the back door on us without saying goodbye.  It might be a very long time until the local news industry recovers.  Just kidding, I'm totally being over dramatic.  But seriously...

Kacey Montoya has moved on from Koin Local 6, in case you hadn't heard.  And I'm pretty sure that not many people know actually, because ironically, the news of reporters comings and goings isn't really covered much by the news stations themselves. 

When I typed "Kacey Montoya leaving" into Google, it didn't mention anything about her leaving her current post at KOIN.  But she has indeed moved on from KOIN Local 6, so I guess we could call this her exit interview.

In the current times, where we, as "civilians", have more access than ever before to local news reporters and other local "celebrities", if you will (thanks to Facebook and Twitter), Kacey Montoya has been a pretty good sport to us. 

One of the first exchanges on Twitter that I had with Kacey was me challenging her to take the phrase "passion bucket" (Dan Patrick Show followers know this term very well) and randomly work it into one of the upcoming stories.  And she did just that.  She was doing the "news-we-never-watch-because-it's-on-so-damned-early" shift with Art Edwards, and made a reference to some Iranian politician's passion bucket being full and overflowing, and it was beautiful and hilarious!  The greatest part about it was that you could tell that Art Edwards didn't know what the hell she was talking about, or how to react for that matter.  It was just perfect and awesome.

Folks, Kacey Montoya is good people, and we wish her all the best in her next endeavor.  And hopefully, we'll even check in on her from time to time.  Now on to the questions.