About KONTJI
Charity
Community
Charity
Kontji is heavily involved in charitable works in the community with various boards, committees and organizations.
Kontji is currently on the Board of Governors for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. She also serves as the chairwoman of the foundation's Strengthening Nonprofits Committee. KontjI is also on the Regional One Health
Kontji is heavily involved in charitable works in the community with various boards, committees and organizations.
Kontji is currently on the Board of Governors for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. She also serves as the chairwoman of the foundation's Strengthening Nonprofits Committee. KontjI is also on the Regional One Health Foundation Board of Governors and the Junior League Community Advisory Board.
Additionally, Kontji is a member of the national Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the Memphis Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences.
Career
Community
Charity
Kontji Anthony is the creator, CEO and co-founder of the Youdle social search engine, scheduled to be released in the fall of 2022. Kontji is a Level 8 Google Community Guide and a 2015 Yelp ACRONYM, one of 10 people chosen annually to attend a Yelp headquarters retreat and consult for a year with the app on usability and new features.
Before Youdle, she was a 28-year award-winning news anchor with nearly three decades of combined experience anchoring, reporting, producing and writing for network news television stations across America.
In 2022, the Tennessee General Assembly unanimously passed House Joint Resolution #1262 to recognize and commend Kontji as a highly regarded TV journalist.
During her time on Memphis local news, Kontji aired reports on the Today Show, conducted interviews for the E! News Network, performed live on CNN, and appears as a guest announcer on regional radio.
Community
Community
Community
Behind the scenes, Kontji is a community advocate for various causes that arise in the community at any given time.
When she learned high school-aged children were ashamed to go to back to school for lack of clothes that fit their growing bodies, she led an initiative with The Boys and Girls Club to raise tens of thousands of dollars in v
Behind the scenes, Kontji is a community advocate for various causes that arise in the community at any given time.
When she learned high school-aged children were ashamed to go to back to school for lack of clothes that fit their growing bodies, she led an initiative with The Boys and Girls Club to raise tens of thousands of dollars in various donations to clothe local school children.
Kontji organized a youth voter initiative with The River City Links, Incorporated, conceived a citywide day of service effort to spruce up dilapidated Memphis-Shelby County Schools buildings through Volunteer Memphis, and in a partnership spanning several years with Big Brothers, Big Sisters, helped increase mentorship between kids and caring adults by 35%. She is also an avid animal lover who helps match pets with people.