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Reporter/anchor

Professional Experience:
2004 to present: anchor/reporter, WRAL-TV; 1998 to 2004: anchor/reporter, KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 1997-1998: general assignment reporter, KOMU-TV, Columbia, Mo.

Awards & Recognition:
Renee’s work has won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (2010); Iowa Associated Press Broadcasters Association (2002); and Missouri Broadcasters Association (1998). She was nominated for two Regional Emmys in 2010 for Spot News and Specialty Assignment Report. She was also named a Cedar Rapids Women of Achievement honoree in 2002.

News Philosophy:
To tell fair, accurate and compelling stories that matter.

Education:
Bachelor of  Journalism, 1998, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Hometown:
Farmington Hills, Mich.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Involvement:
I'm a jack of all trades. I play tennis, play the piano, sing and dance -- but I don't perform any of those talents well enough to give up my day job! I'm a current board member, past president, and founding member of the North Carolina chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. I'm also a board member for International Focus, the Raleigh-based non-profit group that hosts the annual International Festival.

Family:
Husband Mike

Favorite Books:
I'm obsessed with memoirs-- few things are more compelling than a person's story told through its most authentic voice. My favorites: "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt; "The Liars Club" by Mary Karr; "Growing Up" by Russell Baker; "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls; "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom; and "The Opposite of Fate" by Amy Tan. Other top picks: "Longitudes and Attitudes" by Thomas Friedman; "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden; "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini; and "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck.

Favorite Movies:
I enjoy everything from dramas to romantic comedies. A sampling: "The Sixth Sense," "A Beautiful Mind," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Office Space," "Waiting for Guffman," "Moulin Rouge," "Love Actually," "American Beauty," "Traffic," "Ocean's Eleven," "When Harry Met Sally," "Gone With the Wind"

Likes Best About North Carolina:
Friendly people and the mild winter (when you compare it to the bitter cold and snow of the Midwest!)

Most Memorable Assignments:
Covering the McCain campaign in Phoenix on Election Day 2008; reporting live from the EQ explosion in Apex for 14 hours straight for WRAL, CBS Early Show and CNN; taking a ride in an F-15E Strike Eagle at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base-- without getting sick!; weathering hurricanes and covering tornado aftermath – the events are heartbreaking but the resilience afterward always restores my faith in the human spirit.