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Ava Rash Biography / Wiki

Ava Rash is an American journalist, anchor and reporter, working as a Westmoreland County reporter for Pittsburgh’s Action News 4. In 2020, she proudly joined WCHS, which airs in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Recognizing her confidence, spontaneity and ability to put interview subjects at ease on live television, her team at the station hired her as a morning news reporter. Almost immediately, she closely covered breaking news and the 2020 Presidential election. Following her success as a field reporter, she earned a promotion to fill in as the noon anchor and the morning anchor, and has anchored the evening news as well. Rash quickly learned the station’s traffic system and also filled in as traffic anchor. (more…)

Ryan Recker Biography / Wiki

Ryan Recker is an American journalist, anchor and reporter who currently co-anchors Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 every weekday morning. Ryan, a native of South Park and a graduate of Robert Morris University, moved back to Pittsburgh and joined WTAE in 2013. (more…)

Amy Lu Biography / Wiki

Amy Lu is an American journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as Washington Correspondent for WTAE. She joined the Washington Hearst Bureau in April 2022. She previously reported for our sister station, WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. Before joining WBAL-TV, she served as a Mid-Shore Bureau Chief for WBOC-TV for one year in Dorchester County, Maryland. (more…)

Shannon Perrine Biography / Wiki

Shannon Perrine is an American journalist, anchor and reporter currently co-anchoring Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 weekdays at 5 p.m in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. (more…)

Lily Coleman Biography / Wiki

Lily Coleman is an American journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as a general assignment reporter for Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Before joining WTAE, she was a Morning New West Virginia. She also served as Multi-Media Journalist and Anchor at WOUB Public Media for three years in Athens, Ohio. (more…)

Rachel Hirschheimer Biography / Wiki

Rachel Hirschheimer is an American Emmy-nominated journalist, currently working as the Washington Correspondent. She joined WTAE in August 2025 as Washington Correspondent, reporting on national politics and policy from Washington, D.C. (more…)

Jackie DeFusco Biography / Wiki

Jackie DeFusco is an American journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as a Washington Correspondent. She joined Hearst Television in March 2023. Previously, she served as a Nexstar Virginia Capitol Bureau Reporter for WRIC Nexstar Media Group in Richmond, Virginia. She delivers insightful reporting on Virginia politics for six Nexstar stations as a multimedia journalist, shooting, writing, and editing stories for television and digital platforms daily. Cultivate bipartisan relationships to secure exclusive interviews and hold the powerful accountable. (more…)

Christopher Salas Biography / Wiki

Christopher Salas is an American journalist, anchor and reporter, currently working as a White House Correspondent for Hearst Television. Christopher was a reporter and weekend anchor for KSBW Action News 8 in Salinas, California. Christopher covered the 2024 election, the fatal plane disaster in Washington, D.C., catastrophic wildfires in California, devastating tornadoes in Mayfield, Kentucky, and the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival when he was employed by Hearst. Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Christopher graduated from Florida International University. (more…)

John Cardinale Biography / Wiki

John Cardinale is an American Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, working as the National Investigative Correspondent for Hearst Television based in Washington, DC. Previously, John served as a Weekend News Anchor and Reporter KBJR 6 at Kbjr Tv News 6 for two years in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. (more…)

Kirsten Powers Biography / Wiki

Kristen Powers is an American author, liberal columnist and political analyst, currently working as a political analyst for CNN and Fox News in addition to writing columns for USA Today. She was described as “bright-eyed, sharp-tongued, and gamely confrontational” by the Washington Post. Powers was a political analyst and contributor at Fox News before joining CNN in 2016. She was a leftist journalist who frequently appeared on the station. Before joining USA Today, Powers wrote columns for The Daily Beast and the New York Post. (more…)