Jala Washington is joining NBC DFW 5 KXAS Dallas-Fort Worth in 2026. She leaves KXAN Austin, where she is a weekend morning anchor and a reporter.
Here is a portion of what Washington posted on social:
"After 5 amazing years, my journey has come to an end at KXAN News.
I got the incredible opportunity to join the NBC DFW /Telemundo 39 team at the start of the new year. Thanking God for the major blessing, as it’s a true dream of mine realized.
Next weekend will be my last on air with my bestie Rich Segal. (I’m UNWELL!!!!!!!)
I still don’t quite have the words to express my gratitude to the incredible community here, MY incredible village…so I’ll share more later."
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Speaking of the KXAN-to-NBC pipeline, former Austin reporter Ryan Chandler joined the network as a correspondent. Here is something for the TV nerds...did you know that KXAN and KXAS were once sister stations, both owned by LIN Media? When mainstream sites use my posts, they take out the extra factoids like this.
In September 2022, Washington was promoted to weekend morning anchor, taking over the role following Maggie Glynn’s departure from the TV biz.
Before moving to Austin, Washington worked as a multimedia journalist in El Paso and Amarillo, Texas. She began her television career at ABC 7 Amarillo KVII and later reported for KFOX 14 and CBS 4 KDBC in El Paso. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.
A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Washington is a graduate of Ball State University, where she worked as an anchor and reporter for the university-owned NewsLink Indiana and also interned at WISH-TV in Indianapolis.
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