Gene Moore is a chaser of dreams and determined to do what he can to leave the world a better place. In 2003, he left his position as the news director for WJTV-12 to start his own business, T-KAM Video Production.
"No weddings," he says with a wry smile. "We provide legal video services for corporations and law firms."
In the back of his mind, Moore always had a desire to use his skills to improve the lives of his fellow Mississippians. After many years of observing the serious health problems of those around him, he developed an idea to use the knowledge and experience he had gained after a career in TV news and video production. In January 2011, while maintaining his production company, he began a project to provide a resource to improve the quality of life.
Service is a way of life for the Moores. His wife, Toni, works for Hudspeth Regional Center, an inpatient facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Moore used his own finances and long experience in communications to create yourhealthnote.com early this year. The website features webcasts on a variety of topics related to health, such as recipes for eating right with step-by-step instructions, exercise tips and access to medical professionals to answer questions.
The site also provides inspirational stories of how people have overcome or learned to live with their health problems. Moore does most of the work for yourhealthnote.com, but various physicians and health professionals donate their time. He has a few corporate sponsors, but mostly it is Moore's passion and vision to provide a service to his fellow Mississippians that keeps the operation alive.
"I am totally committed, regardless if I am the only one," he says.
After graduating from Summer Hill High School in Clinton, Moore, now 53, attended Jackson State University and graduated with a degree in mass communications in 1980. Moore and his wife, Toni, met at JSU. They're married 27 years now, and spent 1980-1996 away from the Jackson area working in Illinois, North Carolina and Memphis, Tenn., before returning to Jackson.
"Jackson is home," he says of his decision to take the position with WJTV-12. "Jackson has great potential; Memphis struggled and has become a great city, and Jackson reminds me of Memphis in those days."
Moore has two children, Kiana and Kandis, 25 and 20 respectively. The girls attended Callaway High School followed by Tougaloo College, where the youngest still is. Kiana is now a teacher in Crystal Springs. "They are the joy of my life," Moore says.
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