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Aleah Hordges

Aleah Hordges is an award-winning journalist and joined WISH-TV in June 2019.

She previously worked at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. While there, Aleah was nominated for an Emmy on a feature story about local police teaching high school students safety tips during a traffic stop.

Prior to working in Virginia, she worked as a bureau reporter at WLUC in Marquette, Michigan where she won best Investigative Story of the Year from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in 2016. It was about state laws for drivers who are legally carrying a firearm during a traffic stop.

Aleah’s fondest memories include interviewing actor and political activist Danny Glover and meteorologist Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel. Also, visiting the U.S Coast Guard Station during the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina.

She studied Mass Communication in television and graduated from Savannah State University. Aleah was a track and field/cross country scholarship athlete during her entire matriculation. She is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalist Organization and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.