Veteran KDKA-TV News Anchor Departing Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, PA — KDKA-TV morning news anchor Lisa Washington is leaving the station to become an evening anchor at WNEP-TV in Scranton. Washington announced the move on her Facebook page by posting a story on her departure by the New Pittsburgh Courier.

Washington has been at KDKA since 2015. According to her biography on the KDKA website, she previously covered general assignment and breaking news stories for KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco. Washington also worked at WMC-TV in Memphis as a news anchor and reporter and as a morning anchor at WHNT in Hunstville, AL.

Washington began her career in Washington, DC as a reporter trainee at WTTG-TV. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned a bachelor's degree in mass media arts from Clark Atlanta University, and a master's degree from Georgetown University.