Darcy Spencer is a general assignment reporter for News4.
A Maryland native, Spencer’s journalism career started with community newspapers. She reported for Maryland’s Dundalk Eagle, the Martinsburg Journal in Martinsburg, WV, and The Northern Virginia Daily in Winchester, VA. Her commitment to telling the stories of people and events in the community crossed into television when she began working for Montgomery County Cable.
Spencer’s first on-air job was for NBC25 in Hagerstown, MD. While there, she reported on the Middle East Peace Talks in Shepherdstown, WV as well as issues relating to Y2K. Spencer also filed reports from Bosnia, Honduras, the Azore Islands, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Her traveling continued in Germany and Brussels when she was awarded a fellowship from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
In 2000, Spencer joined C-TV, the Prince George’s County news station, as an anchor/reporter. She anchored the evening news and reported on stories from all over the County. On September 11th, Spencer was sent to Ground Zero in New York to report on the attack on the World Trade Center.
Spencer joined News4 in 2001 as the station’s first Chopper 4 reporter, filing stories from high above the Washington area. Since then, she has reported on major stories including the DC area sniper spree, the anthrax investigation, and Hurricane Isabel.
Spencer is a past board member for the American News Women’s Club and Community Crisis Services. She and her two children live in Maryland.
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Interim Prince George's schools superintendent left controversy in Nashville schools
Joseph has an extensive work history in education and is currently an assistant professor at Howard University and co-director of the university’s Urban Superintendents Academy.
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DC protests: Demonstrations planned in DMV on day of Trump's military parade
As military tanks parade along Constitution Avenue on Saturday, some people are set to take to the streets in the D.C. area. In response to the parade, community members are organizing events including No Kings’ Day rallies in Maryland and Northern Virginia. Lee Ayers, who founded the group DC Citizens, is planning a pro-democracy community picnic at Fort Reno...
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After Maryland 2nd grade teacher visited park and disappeared, suspect on trial
Harold Francis Landon III is accused of the murder of Mariame Toure Sylla, who taught second grade in Prince George’s County Public Schools.
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Trial begins in murder of Greenbelt elementary teacher
Harold Francis Landon III is charged with the first-degree murder of Mariame Toure Sylla, who was found dead two summers ago. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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‘A vital role': CTV raises funds for youth programming after facing closure
The community showed up to support the station and celebrate its continued operation in the county At the Bowie Performing Arts Center, people turned out for a Motown explosion. The event was held by CTV, the cable station in Prince George’s County that has delivered local news, cable access shows and much more for decades. Many call it the...
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Historic Prince George's high school becoming a film studio
An abandoned school building in Maryland is being refashioned into a movie studio. The old Fairmont Heights High School, which was Prince George’s County’s first publicly funded high school built for Black students during segregation, closed in 2017 and sits fenced off to keep vandals out. The Fairmont Heights High School Alumni Association has fought to preserve the building...
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Prince George's County election: Voters to pick next county executive
Voting is underway in Prince George’s County as residents weigh in on their picks for county executive and District 5 council member.
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Early voting in Prince George's ending Monday; special election is Tuesday
Voters say they want elected leaders to focus on ways to keep money in Prince George’s.
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Prince George's voters are deciding on new county executive
Monday is the last day for early voting in the special election for Prince George’s County executive. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Black bear wanders into Maryland neighborhood and naps in tree for hours
A bear created quite the scene in a Maryland neighborhood this Memorial Day when it wandered into someone’s backyard.
