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Friday, June 13, 2025

Natasha Williams named NewsWest 9 news director


Natasha Williams was named the NewsWest 9 KWES Midland-Odessa News Director in March 2025.

Most recently, Williams served as Assistant News Director and Anchor at Allen Media Broadcasting's WSIL News 3 in Carterville, Illinois, from January to October 2024.

Before that, Williams was a Multimedia Journalist and Fill-in Host for WOSU at The Ohio State University from 2021 to 2022. She also reported for WLKY Channel 32, Louisville, Kentucky, during a brief stint in late 2021.

Williams’ national experience includes anchoring for iHeartMedia and the Black Information Network from 2020 through early 2025, delivering news content to listeners across the country.

From 2019 to 2020, Williams anchored and reported for the award-winning newsmagazine Louisiana: The State We’re In on Louisiana Public Broadcasting. 

She previously anchored evening newscasts for KTVE 10 Monroe, Louisiana, from 2017 to 2019.

Earlier in her career, Williams worked in Dayton, Ohio, where she anchored for WHIO 7 for two decades beginning in 1992. She also worked as a breaking news anchor/reporter for WKEF/WRGT-TV 22/45 in Dayton and WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati.

Williams holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in communication arts from Johnson C. Smith University. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.