Aimee Cho is a general assignment reporter and fill in anchor for News4.
Cho grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, where she knew she wanted to be a journalist from a young age. She attended Langley High School, followed by Cornell University. Cho wrote for the Cornell Daily Sun and for Ithaca College's student-run TV station.
After being accepted into the prestigious Emma Bowen Foundation internship program, Cho spent three summers at NBC4 working in various departments, including the newsroom. At the conclusion of her participation in 2016, NBC4 hired her to be a multimedia journalist.
During her time at NBC4, Cho has won three regional Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She has also received two Chesapeake Associated Broadcasters Awards.
Cho is very involved in the Asian American Journalists Association. She survived cancer (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma) in 2022. She currently lives in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The Latest
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16-year-old shot and killed at quinceañera in Fauquier County
Someone shot and killed a 16-year-old at a quinceañera in Catlett on Saturday night, the county sheriff’s office said.
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Question on the menu: DC voters to decide whether to ban foie gras
The controversial fatty liver dish is made by force-feeding birds with a pipe to make their livers bigger.
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DC voters will decide whether to ban foie gras with ballot initiative this fall
The problem is not what’s being served, but how it’s made. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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Pentagon engineer plans reunion to mark 25 years since 9/11
Next month marks 25 years since 9/11. After the terrorist attacks, thousands of people worked around the clock to rebuild the Pentagon. Now, 25 years later, one of those engineers is hoping to bring his former colleagues together for a reunion. Engineer John Trujillo was at the Pentagon on 9/11 and had to evacuate. He said he and his colleagues…
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‘Move the farm and not move the food': Indoor farming takes off in Arlington
In the middle of Arlington — a bustling city — one farmer is trying to change the future of farming. Oren Falkowitz, an indoor vegetable farmer, used to work in national security. He left it behind to pursue his passion. He is trying to bring indoor farming to big cities like his own. He uses vertical farms, allowing him to…
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DC youth take on mental health in new podcast
A group of D.C. students has been hard at work on a podcast about mental health and the many pressures that young people face. This new podcast is called “Behind the Smile: Teens and Mental Health in America.” The students who worked on it told News4 it’s really been a labor of love to help their peers who may...
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Salvadoran American Festival will go on despite concerns over ICE
For 15 years the Salvadoran American Festival has been a tradition in Montgomery County, celebrating culture through food, music and more. This year is no different. The festival will take over Montgomery College’s Rockville campus Sunday with performances, food stalls and music. Last year, other local Salvadoran festivals canceled their events due to the increasing fear of U.S. Immigration...
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DCPS data breach potentially exposed students' names, addresses, birthdays
D.C. Public Schools says student information such as their home addresses could have been exposed due to a data breach, according to school officials.
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Do cellphones belong in schools? Montgomery County moves toward bell-to-bell ban
When Montgomery County students head back to school in the fall, they likely won’t be allowed to use their cellphones at all.
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Montgomery County acquiring White's Ferry, but no service in sight
Montgomery County is acquiring White’s Ferry – the centuries-old ferry between Maryland and Virginia that shut down in 2020 – with hopes of smoothing out a land dispute. Ferry owner Chuck Kuhn donated the ferry and is selling its land to the county, describing it as a major step toward reopening. “The only goal was to get the ferry opened,”…
