Jiovanni Lieggi joins abc13 KTRK Houston as a reporter.
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"I’m incredibly thrilled to share that I’m joining @abc13houston, a Disney/ABC O&O and the local news leader in Houston as a reporter and fill-in anchor.
To join this team and have the opportunity to contribute to a station and network that values high-impact and solution journalism is something I’m incredibly thankful for.
I’m forever grateful to the friends and folks who helped make this moment possible.
Onward & upward in the 713!"
Lieggi comes to abc13 Houston after working for FOX News as a multi-media journalist (MMJ) based out of Sacramento, California.
Before that, he was an MMJ for KLFY NEWS 10 Lafayette, Louisiana.
He got his professional television news start with WKBN 27 First News Youngstown, Ohio as an MMJ.
The Kent State University grad earned his master's degree in forensic psychology from Arizona State Univeristy.
While an undergrad, Lieggi interned with WKBN and 21 WFMJ also in Youngstown.
According to his LinkedIn account, Lieggi will finish his law degree from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2024.
