Former Southeastern Channel news anchor-reporter Amanda Kitch has been hired as a news and traffic reporter for WAFB-TV Ch. 9 (CBS) in Baton Rouge. She is the featured reporter for WAFB’s brand new 4 pm. newscast, “9 News at 4”. Kitch will focus most of her daily reporting on money-saving ideas for families, ways to keep children entertained during the “stay at home order”, and ways to keep families safe and healthy. The 30-minute daily newscast is anchored by WAFB’s Elizabeth Vowell and includes meteorologist Steve Caparatta. Kitch joins the WAFB news team after producing and reporting for WAFB’s popular “Louisiana Weekend” franchise.
A former anchor-reporter-producer for the Southeastern Channel’s national award-winning student newscast, “Northshore News”, Kitch won first place in the nation twice and second place in the country once in a three-year span for “Best TV Hard News 
Reporting” given by College Broadcaster’s, Inc. out of all student TV news reporters from all universities throughout the nation. With Kitch as anchor, producer, and reporter, “Northshore News” won second in the nation in 2019 for “Best College TV Newscast” as honored by CBI. Kitch was also recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists recently, winning second place in the nation for her “Broadcast News Feature Videography.” While at the Southeastern Channel Kitch also won a slew of regional awards given by the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press College Broadcasters, Southeast Journalism Conference (40 universities from 8 states), and Suncoast Emmys. A May 2019 graduate of Southeastern, Kitch was hired at WAFB three months before she graduated.