The home base for Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle has close to 300,000 tech workers. It boasts the highest proportion of advanced tech employees in the nation, according to a study from Burning Glass Institute. As a result, stations in DMA No. 12 work hard to reach users on the move. Seattle-Tacoma is a highly competitive TV market, with the traditional Big Four affiliates all in the hunt in key races.
The station group promotes her from news director at its KTVU-KICU San Francisco. She succeeds Sheila Oliver, who is leaving to be SVP-GM of Fox’s WFLD-WPWR Chicago.