Jill Lynette Cordes (born December 29, 1969, in Pullman, Washington) writes the Fearless Feisty Mama blog for Parents Magazine. She began her television career as a reporter in Rapid City, South Dakota. She became a general assignment reporter for KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, then served as the morning anchor at KETV in Omaha, Nebraska, and eventually to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a reporter for WCCO-TV. Cordes was one of the original four finalists to serve as co-host to Barbara Walters on The View in 1999. She was host of the award-winning show The Best Of on the Food Network for six years, hosted HGTV program My First Place and appeared in a slew of other shows and webisodes including My First Baby. She is a graduate of Penn State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1992. She also earned a minor in political science. Cordes lives with her husband Phil Johnston in Park Slope, Brooklyn after having lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. References External links Fearless Feisty Mama Jill Cordes’ official website American television journalists American women television journalists People from Pullman, Washington People from Park Slope Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications alumni 1969 births Living people Journalists from New York City People from the Upper West Side 21st-century American women