Janel Forte joins WFAA 8 Dallas - Fort Worth as a reporter.
Here is Forte's announcement on Instagram.
"It’s a full circle moment - I went to high school in the DFW area and during that time, WFAA was always my family’s go-to for local news. My mom still lives in the metroplex and I’m so excited that she’ll be able to watch me every night.
Full transparency -
I stepped away from news over a year ago - I was burnt out, struggling to support my sick mom, and overall just unhappy. I had checked off all my career goals in record time - anchor, work in a top 10 market, become a national correspondent. But what was next? I had no idea.
So I left my job. Split my time between helping my mom bounce back from the chemo she’d had to fight stage 2 lymphoma and Chicago where the majority of my family and friends live. By November of 2022, I started seriously looking for my next role both in and out of news. I was getting offers, but nothing felt like the right fit. Fast forward lots of interviews later - and God had exactly what was meant for me waiting.
At WFAA I’ll be a GA reporter, but my specialty (beat, if you will) will be transportation and business reporting (truly right up my alley). With two major airlines headquartered here, 24 Fortune 500 companies HQs calling DFW home, and wild growth and development in the metroplex - there’s going to be plenty of stories to tell. So if you’ve got a tip for me - please reach out! Let’s get to work."
As Forte mentioned, she was a national correspondent for NewsNation. She joined the cable news network in 2021 and left in 2022.
Houston TV viewers will recognize Forte from her time at KHOU 11 Houston as a morning reporter where she worked from 2018 to 2021.
Before that, Forte worked for:
- WLOX Biloxi, MS as anchor/reporter
- Medill News Service, Reporter, Washington DC
- Medill Reports, Reporter, Chicago, IL
- Social Justice News Nexus, Graduate Fellow, Chicago, IL
- Newswatch 16 ICTV, Anchor/Reporter, Ithaca, NY
The Cornell University grad with a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism interned for FOX 4 KDFW and the The Virginian-Pilot.
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