Valerie Levesque Explained

Valerie Levesque is an American former TV news reporter for KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] In September 2001, she reported from Somerset County, Pennsylvania for WHP-TV on the hijacking and crash of United Airlines Flight 93.[2]

Formative years and family

Levesque is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego where she earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees, in Broadcasting and Mass Communication and in Modern Spanish Language and Literature. She is proficient in Spanish. A native of New York State, Levesque now lives with her husband Chris in Philadelphia.[3] [4]

Career

Levesque began her career at WNBC in New York City in 1996. She then worked as an anchor for WMDT, the ABC station in Salisbury, Maryland.[5]

Levesque joined the KYW-TV station in Philadelphia as a general assignment reporter in March 2003[6] from WHP-TV[7] [8] and WLYH-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 2011, she and her CBS colleagues were recognized with three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for the station's news, sports and online reporting.[9]

Levesque has also been a freelance reporter for the World Business Review based in Washington D.C. since April, 2000.

External links

Notes and References

  1. "CBS Philly, CBS 3 Win Prestigious Regional Murrow Awards." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: KYW-TV, April 25, 2011 (retrieved online June 30, 2025).
  2. Bothum, Peter. "Despite devastation, local stations scramble to compete." York, Pennsylvania: York Daily Record, September 18, 2001, p. D1 (subscription required).
  3. "Valerie Levesque" (links to main news page; use search to pull up a list of her reporting). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: CBS News Philadelphia, retrieved online June 30, 2023.
  4. "Briefly noted." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2008, p. B2 (subscription required).
  5. "New face," in "From 'Breakfast Club' to Def Leppard, Hall played them all." York, Pennsylvania: York Daily Record, July 24, 2001, p. D3 of pp. D1, D3 (subscription required).
  6. (7 April 2003). KYW-TV inaugurates 'mobile bureaus', Philadelphia Business Journal
  7. Bothum, Peter. "Local stations capture miners' recovery." York, Pennsylvania: York Daily Record, August 13, 2002, pp. D1, D3 (subscription required).
  8. Shister, Gail. "Timing of Chung's exit surprises her CNN colleagues." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 2003, p. D8 (subscription required).
  9. "CBS Philly, CBS 3 Win Prestigious Regional Murrow Awards," KYW-TV, April 25, 2011.

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