It is not unheard for TV people to leave the business for a life in Public Relations.

But, one PR company in Louisville swiped 3 TV Reporters with a combined experience of over 40 years.

The PR firm PriceWeber sent out a press release with information on 3 new hires and all of them came from TV stations.

Here is a portion of the release:

PriceWeber, a digital-forward, full-service marketing, public relations and advertising agency in Louisville, Kentucky, welcomes three new public relations professionals to its growing team.

 Brian Shlonsky, a Louisville native and WAVE Anchor/Reporter since 2019, is a 5-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and a recipient of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. He brings extensive journalism experience to the PriceWeber team. Shlonsky also previously worked at ABC 10News San Diego as a Weekday Evening Breaking News Anchor, KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City as an Anchor/Reporter, and KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado as an Anchor/Reporter. Shlonsky also has a public relations background working as an Account Coordinator at Kirvin Doak Communications in Las Vegas, representing clients like MGM International. Shlonsky received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Kentucky. He has been named a Public Relations and Social Media Manager for PriceWeber.

 Connie Leonard, an Elizabethtown native and WAVE Anchor/Reporter since 1995, is a 12-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and a recipient of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. Leonard first got her start at WGRB-TV in Campbellsville, where she served as a News Director and Anchor. She would later work for WLKY-TV as a reporter before joining WAVE as a News and Sports Reporter. Leonard brings extensive journalism experience to the PriceWeber team and has also previously been named the Today’s Woman Most Admired Woman in Louisville. Leonard is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. She has been named a Public Relations and Social Media Manager for PriceWeber.

 Shlonsky and Leonard previously were co-anchors together on WAVE Sunrise. 

 Lexie Ratterman has joined the PriceWeber team as a Senior Public Relations and Social Media Specialist. Ratterman, a Louisville native and WDRB reporter since 2017, brings to PriceWeber creative storytelling that is sure to benefit our clients. Before working as a morning reporter for WDRB, Ratterman was a Reporter at WAND-TV in Decatur, Illinois. She is a graduate of Western Kentucky University.

 “PriceWeber prides itself on hiring the best people in our industry, and we know this is the case with the hiring of Connie, Brian and Lexie,” said Fred Davis, CEO of PriceWeber. “We look forward to seeing the great work they will do and are thrilled to keep expanding our public relations team with the strongest talent available anywhere.”