In Photos: 30 Years of Wendy Rieger

Happy anniversary, Wendy! News4 anchor Wendy Rieger is celebrating 30 years of delivering the news with her signature intelligence and wit. Here's a look back on her career.

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Rieger is a native of Norfolk, Virginia.
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She studied broadcast journalism at American University.
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After her graduation in 1980, she was a familiar voice in Washington radio, reporting and anchoring for WAMU, NPR and WTOP.
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Her television career began in CNN’s Washington Bureau.
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Rieger joined the News4 team in March 1988 as a general assignment reporter, mostly covering breaking news for News4 at 11.
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She began anchoring the weekend evening newscasts in 1996, and then News4 at 5 in 2001.
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In addition to anchoring, she established herself as a trusted reporter.
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Her "Going Green" segments were so popular that NBC stations across the nation aired them during their newscasts, and they inspired a series on NBC Nightly News
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In April 2008, Washingtonian magazine readers presented Rieger with one of its inaugural Green Awards in recognition of her dedication to preserving the environment through education.
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Rieger has received three Emmy Awards, including one for a special report she shot in Vietnam on home video 20 years after the war.
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