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Anchor of the Year WRAL-TV’s Debra Morgan Receives Prestigious Television News Award
Long-time WRAL-TV anchor Debra Morgan was named TV News Anchor of the Year for the Carolinas in 2015. Morgan – a news anchor at the Raleigh television station since 1993 – received the award recently at the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas/AP convention and awards luncheon in Concord, NC. At the same ceremony, Morgan and Gerald Owens received the second place award for TV News Anchor Team of the Year. “I’m honored to have won the TV News Anchor of the Year award,” said Morgan, also an eight-time Emmy Award winner. “WRAL did very well overall, including 10 first place and seven second place awards. As a team, we are especially proud to win the AP NC Outstanding News Operation award eight out the last 10 years.” Originally from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Morgan worked in Jacksonville, FL, and Toledo, OH, prior to moving to Raleigh. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Psychology from University of Miami, graduating Magna
Cum Laude in 1988. Morgan is heavily engaged in the community, including involvement with Alzheimers North Carolina (board member), Caring Community Foundation (board member), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (Triangle Chapter)
‘What do I like best about living here? The weather, except when it gets too cold! But most of all, I like the warm people who have made me feel like this is home.’ DEBRA MORGAN WRAL-TV News Anchor
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Walk to Cure Diabetes Honorary (chairwoman), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Triangle Chapter), ALS Association (Jim “Catfish” Hunter Chapter), and Special Olympics North Carolina. She and husband, Scott, care for two dogs, Bailey and Harper – and truly enjoy North Carolina. “What do I like best about living here? The weather, except when it gets too cold!” Morgan said. “But most of all, I like the warm people who have made me feel like this is home.” And Morgan is very proud of what she does in front of the camera at WRAL. “It’s our responsibility to present interesting, factual, objective and relevant information as quickly and accurately as possible,” she said. “I know some news isn’t always pleasant to hear, but not providing that news would be a disservice. At the same time, I enjoy when we can have fun providing the light-hearted stories of the day.” JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
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