Eun Yang
News4 Anchor/Reporter
Eun Yang is a morning anchor on NBC4. She also serves as a host on NBC Washington Nonstop.
Before joining News4 in 2002, Yang was one of the first reporters hired by the National Geographic Channel in Washington. While there, she traveled all over the world, filing stories for National Geographic Today. Prior to that, Yang was at WUSA-TV for six years, working her way up from a reporter trainee to a substitute anchor.
During the 2009 blizzards, Yang solo anchored nearly 6 hours of coverage during the first snowfall. She also spent many hours covering the 2002 Washington area sniper shootings and the inaugurations of President George W. Bush in 2005 and Barack Obama in 2009. She also covered Pope Benedict XVI's Mass at Nationals Park.
Yang was named Alumna of the Year by the University of Maryland Asian Studies Program and received a Community Service Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans. Washingtonian magazine has recognized Yang twice, in 1999 as one of DC’s 100 People to Watch and in 2005 as one of DC’s Stars of Local TV News.
Born in Seoul, Korea, Yang grew up in the Washington area. She graduated from Paint Branch High School then earned a journalism degree from the University of Maryland.
Yang previously enjoyed reading and traveling but now chases her three children along with her husband, Robert. They live in Washington, DC.
