Lauren Scafidi has left her 9NEWS KUSA Denver weekend morning anchor position as of March 2026 and is headed for a job in Chicago.
At KUSA, Scafidi also helped launch and anchor a streaming broadcast from 10 a.m. to noon, expanding the station’s digital news offerings.
Scafidi joined 9NEWS in August 2023 as a dayside and nightside multimedia journalist and fill-in anchor. Her work earned an Emmy Award for weather-related live reporting before she was promoted to weekend morning anchor in December 2024.
Before moving to Denver, Scafidi spent more than five years at WWTV-WWUP 9&10 News in Cadillac, Michigan. From October 2018 to August 2023, she anchored Michigan This Morning, the station’s 4:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. broadcast. She earned Michigan Association of Broadcasters awards for Best Anchor and Best Use of New Media. In addition to anchoring, she produced a weekly “Inside the Kitchen” segment highlighting local restaurants and created the We’re Offscript podcast featuring influential figures across Michigan.
Earlier at WWTV, Scafidi served as a reporter and fill-in anchor for Michigan This Morning and later for The Four, the station’s lifestyle program, helping launch the new 4 p.m. show. Her reporting during that time earned Michigan Association of Broadcasters honors for Best Reporter and Best Feature Story.
Scafidi is a graduate of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. While in college, she served as president of the Society of Professional Journalists student chapter and gained on-air experience as a sideline reporter for Big Ten Network Plus, as well as a reporter and anchor for campus media outlets including UI-7 News, Good Morning Illini, WPGU 107.1 FM, The Daily Illini, and See You Weekly. She interned with WCIA in Champaign, Illinois.
