Aimee Cho is a general assignment reporter for News4.
Cho grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, where she wanted to be a journalist from a young age. She attended Langley High School then 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 awards for her work as a multimedia journalist, shooting, writing and editing stories. One was an EMMY from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and two others were awarded by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters. Cho also earned an EMMY for a profile of a beloved Bethesda football coach with Down syndrome.
Cho is very involved in the Asian American Journalists Association. She currently lives in Chevy Chase.
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‘Heroes': Organ donation from boys killed in Virginia fire could save 9 lives
Two boys who died Sunday after a house fire in Northern Virginia last week were celebrated as heroes Thursday with a “walk of honor” as they returned to the operating room so their organs can be donated to save other lives. The Brice family wants people to remember 3-year-old Zachariah and 6-year-old William as boys with so much love. “We…
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Senior assassin water gun game concerns school principals; students say it's harmless fun
Some Virginia school leaders are warning against senior assassin, a game students play with water guns. But others say it’s just harmless fun. “I’ve known seniors who have played it since I was a sophomore and I’ve looked forward to playing it since … I was that age. And now that it’s actually here, I look forward to playing...
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Senior assassin water gun game concerns school principals; others think it's harmless fun
Fairfax County Public Schools principals are worried this game could have unintended consequences. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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Man killed in Northeast DC mass shooting was with his young sons
The man killed when two shooters opened fire on a crowd in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday evening was with his young sons at the time, his mother told News4. Aubrey McLeod, 29, was taking his sons to football practice when gunfire erupted on 21st Street NE, Marlea Tolson said. Five other people were injured, including two children unrelated to McLeod….
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‘Our kids aren't safe': Mother speaks after her child survived DC shooting that killed 1, wounded 5
Families in Northeast D.C. are reeling from shock and fear after a mass shooting Wednesday evening killed a man and left five other people hurt, including a 9-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy. Gunfire erupted on 21st Street in the Carver-Langston neighborhood. Police are still searching for two shooters and a light blue Toyota sedan with no front tags,...
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Google Maps sends patients to a school miles away from their doctors' appointments
A Google Maps glitch sends families going to the doctor at the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services to a school miles away, causing them to miss their appointments. The Department of Health and Human Services’ address is 1401 Rockville Pike in Rockville, but the Google Maps iPhone apps guides users to Grace Episcopal Day School in Kensington…
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Armed man barricaded inside Glover Park apartment
An armed man is barricaded inside a home in a busy Northwest D.C. neighborhood, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday.
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‘Pretended I was dead': Video shows gunfire, people ducking for cover in DC neighborhood
Video footage shows the moment a shooter opened fire in a D.C. neighborhood as a group of people ran. People ducked for cover and a resident said he played dead during the gunfire Wednesday night at Independence Avenue and 15th Street SE, in the Hill East area. Video obtained by News4 shows someone running, repeatedly shooting and then taking...
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DC mayor unveils bill to address chronic truancy
D.C.’s mayor unveiled legislation Wednesday intended to curb chronic truancy in the District. More than a third of D.C. students are missing too much school, according to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, which considers students chronically truant if they have 10 or more unexcused absences. Under Mayor Muriel Bowser’s UPLIFT Act, there would be a mandatory...
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‘I'm ready to move': Police search for suspect after man shot, killed in Navy Yard
Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man inside an apartment building in Navy Yard on Easter Sunday.
