Megan Rivers To Co-Anchor WBAL’s ‘11 News Today’

Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WBAL Baltimore announced today that Megan Rivers, who has been the station’s daily breaking news anchor on 11 News Today since January of this year, will join co-anchor Lacee Griffith on the anchor desk starting Monday. The two will team with meteorologist Ava Marie and traffic reporter Chelsea Ingram weekdays from 4:30 to 7a.m. Concurrently, anchor Jason Newton will move to a permanent role as co-anchor of 11 News at 5:00PM.

“We’re excited for Megan to have a seat at the anchor desk alongside Lacee on ‘11 News Today’,” said Dan Joerres, WBAL president-GM. “Her focus on breaking news has proven to be an impactful addition to our ‘Live, Local, LateBreaking’ morning newscast and will continue to be an ongoing focus for 11 News Today. Her energetic personality is a great fit for Baltimore’s No. 1 morning newscast.”

Prior to joining WBAL, Rivers was a reporter at WUSA Washington for three years where she covered the historic March on Washington in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.

Before that she worked at WCIV Charleston, S.C., and WLTX Columbia, S.C.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism and television production from Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C.