Katie Moore Facts: Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, and Net Worth

Katie Moore is an American journalist and investigative reporter for WWL-TV.

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Best Known For:The television program Eyewitness News

Breakthrough:Received national recognition for political journalism in Colorado in 2004

10 Quick Facts About Katie Moore

Full Name: Katie Moore
Nationality: American
Profession: News anchor and reporter
Known For: The television program Eyewitness News
Current Role: Investigative reporter
Current Employer: WWLTV
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Specialization: Investigative Journalist, News Anchor / Newscaster, and Reporter
Beats: Investigations and Crime / Public Safety

Katie Moore Age

Katie Moore's exact age is not publicly confirmed.

Education

Her educational background includes studies at Louisiana State University and Northwestern University.

Louisiana State University
- Period: Graduated summa cum laude
Northwestern University
- Qualification: Master of Science
- Field of Study: Journalism

Career & Work

Katie Moore's career includes news and reporting roles with WWL-TV, a television station and KOAA-TV.

Role: True-Crime Podcast Journalist

Period: From 2020

Details: United States

Organization: WWL-TV

Role: Evening News Anchor

Period: From 2019

Details: New Orleans, Louisiana

Organization: KOAA-TV

Role: Chief Political Reporter

Period: Through 2004

Details: Colorado Springs, Colorado · Covered local and national elections, earning a Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism.

Organization: C-SPAN

Role: Journalism Intern

Period: Early career

Details: Interned on Washington Journal.

Organization: WAVE-TV

Role: Journalism Intern

Period: Early career

Details: Louisville, Kentucky · Completed television news training.

Organization: WBRZ-TV

Role: Journalism Intern

Period: Early career

Details: Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Completed a television newsroom internship.

Rise to Fame

Katie Moore rose to prominence for her role for the podcast Beyond Bardstown: Lacombe.

Notable Works

Notable media work includes Beyond Bardstown: Lacombe, WWL-TV Evening News, and NOPD: Call Waiting.

Television

TV Show: WWL-TV Evening News (Anchor, From 2019) — New Orleans local television newscasts

Podcasts

Podcast: Beyond Bardstown: Lacombe (Investigative Journalist, 2020) — True-crime podcast investigating the murder of a fire chief's wife in Louisiana

Digital Series

Digital Series: NOPD: Call Waiting (Investigative Reporter) — Collaborative investigation of New Orleans police response times
Digital Series: Prone (Contributing Investigative Reporter) — Peabody Award-nominated series examining police prone-restraint practices
Digital Series: Ramona Brown Investigation (Investigative Reporter) — Investigation concerning a child who disappeared following a house fire

Notable Coverage

New Orleans Police Department response times – WWL-TV – Contributed to NOPD: Call Waiting, an investigation of police emergency response times
Ramona Brown disappearance – WWL-TV – Investigated the disappearance of a girl after a 1984 house fire; police later reopened the case
St. Joseph water crisis – WWL-TV – Investigated the community's deteriorating drinking-water system and government response
New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board – WWL-TV – Reported on waste, mismanagement and allegations of corruption
Louisiana COVID-19 nursing-home outbreaks – WWL-TV – 2020 – Used coroner data to identify nursing-home COVID-19 outbreak clusters

Awards & Achievements

Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism — University of Southern California Annenberg — Individual achievement in political journalism covering the 2004 elections.
Regional Emmy Awards — Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Ten regional Emmy Awards for television journalism.
National Emmy Award — National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — 2023 — Best Regional Investigative Reporting.
Edward R. Murrow Awards — Radio Television Digital News Association — Broadcast journalism.
Delta Sigma Chi Award — Society of Professional Journalists — Investigative reporting.

Lesser Known Facts

She expanded from television news into investigative podcasting in 2020.
She used Louisiana coroner data to investigate nursing-home COVID-19 outbreaks.
Her reporting on St. Joseph's drinking-water crisis preceded state intervention.
Her investigation of Ramona Brown's disappearance was followed by police reopening the case.