Brittany Begley was recently featured in the New York Post and the Daily Mail after writing an Instagram post about the TV industry, specifically the lack of Emmy awards for traffic reporting and the overall decline in standards.
The post was first featured by Scott Jones of FTVLive.
Begley now works as a weekend morning meteorologist for KPRC 2 in Houston. In fact, KPRC hasn't had a dedicated traffic person in years, but recently posted a morning traffic anchor job.
"KPRC is aware of the post," Sean McLaughlin, vice president and general manager of the Houston station, told The Post.
Begley was still performing her weather duties this weekend.
The coverage framed Begley's post as going after colleagues for normalizing “bad behavior,” but to me and others I've talked to, it's not clear that she is talking about her current KPRC colleagues, but actually ones from her past stations.
It was a busy week for KPRC 2 as we saw departures from reporter Gage Goulding and longtime investigative reporter Robert Arnold.
Begley joined the KPRC 2 Houston weather team in early 2024, succeeding longtime Houston meteorologist Khambrel Marshall, who announced his retirement in November 2023 and officially signed off the following month.
Begley came to Houston from KRON 4 in San Francisco, where she had served as a freelance meteorologist since June 2022.
Before KRON, Begley spent four years at ABC10 KXTV in Sacramento, California, working as an anchor, meteorologist, and reporter from 2018 to 2022. During her time there, she covered a variety of weather events and delivered daily forecasts while contributing to news coverage.
Her broadcasting career included several stops within TEGNA stations. Prior to Sacramento, Begley worked at WBNS 10 in Columbus, Ohio, as a traffic anchor and reporter. Before that, she served as a social media host and traffic reporter at WCNC in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Between those roles, Begley also worked as a traffic reporter at WDTN 2 in Dayton, Ohio.
Begley attended Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and later continued her meteorology education through Mississippi State University.
(Thanks, Bob and Gina)
