Sharief Ishaq Joins WDSU Sports Team

Hearst Television’s NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has hired Sharief Ishaq as sports anchor and reporter. Ishaq will work with longtime sports anchor and reporter Fletcher Mackel in leading the station’s sports coverage. He is expected to debut in an on-air capacity later this week.

Ishaq most recently worked for WAFB Baton Rouge, La., where he spent three years reporting on the Saints, the Pelicans (formerly the New Orleans Hornets), and LSU Tigers football and baseball, and where he hosted the station’s Sportsline Friday Nite and Sportsline OT programs.

Ishaq previously worked at KALB Alexandria, La., as a sports anchor and as sports director. In his career, he has covered the New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl championship, the LSU Tigers’ runs at the College World Series, the Sugar Bowl, the BCS Championship Game and the 2014 Super Bowl hosted by the City of New Orleans.

Ishaq graduated from LSU in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.