Longtime Columbus news anchor Stacia Naquin is making a return.
WBNS 10TV announced that Naquin will join the local station as an anchor. She is expected to appear on air in late July, according to a press release.
Naquin spent eight years at WSYX-TV in Columbus anchoring for ABC 6 and also Fox 28. She left in January to join the Statehouse press corps for Cleveland News.
“Central Ohio is home,” Naquin said in the press release. “I am both grateful and excited to join the 10TV team. What an honor to work alongside incredible journalists in a legacy newsroom that is devoted to and cares for this community.”
The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist will also report on stories about saving money, protecting finances and other issues that affect the daily lives of locals, according to the press release.
“Stacia’s return to Columbus media is truly a homecoming,” said Rick Rogala, president and general manager of WBNS 10TV, in the press release.
“She’s a trusted community figure with an extraordinary ability to connect with people and deliver stories that matter. We’re thrilled to welcome her back to Central Ohio to serve our community with journalism that informs, empowers, and protects.”
Naquin spent seven months with Cleveland’s WKYC-TV. Prior to her eight years in Columbus, she also worked as an anchor in Phoenix, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma.
Trending features reporter Amani Bayo can be reached at abayo@dispatch.com.
(This story was updated to add a photo gallery.)
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: After 7 months, Stacia Naquin to return to Columbus from Cleveland News
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