Natasha Brown is an anchor and reporter at KYW in

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. She reports for the station's ''CBS News Philadelphia'' on weeknights and is the current solo anchor of '' CBS News Philadelphia @ 9am'' & co-anchor at 4pm on weekdays alongside anchor Siafa Lewis, who joined her in November 2021 after departing Chicago station WMAQ-TV. She joined the station in December 2002 as morning anchor and reporter. She is also host of ''Speak Up'', a public affairs program on

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. She graduated from

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, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Prior to joining KYW, she worked as a reporter at WPXI-TV in

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. She previously worked as weekend anchor and reporter at WWBT-TV in Richmond, Virginia. Brown began her career as a reporter at

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in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Brown has received three Emmy awards for her excellence in reporting, and was inducted in 2016 to the

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hall of fame. NAACP awarded her the Most Influential Black Woman twice.

References

External links

* https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/personality/natasha-brown/ * http://www.jmu.edu/madisononline/madison/wm_library/SUM07_P72-CVR4.pd PDF
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