Brianna Clark, Anchor
Award-winning journalist Brianna Clark joined the ABC57 news team in October 2024.
She recently won the 2024 Kentucky Broadcasters Association Freedom of Information Award for her investigative report revealing the events that led to the tragic death of Calloway County Chief Deputy Jody Cash. Because of her reporting, local entities updated their policies, reinforced training, and added new security measures to help keep law enforcement officers safe.
Brianna is the recipient of five Emmy Awards from two different chapters, most recently for Breaking/Spot News for her coverage of the devastating Mayfield tornado that killed 74 people in Kentucky.
In 2020, Brianna earned an Emmy for her special report "School Threats: Real Consequences", diving deeper into a new state law following the January 2018 deadly shooting at Marshall County High School that took the lives of 15-year-olds Bailey Holt and Preston Cope and injured more than a dozen other students. Brianna was a reporter on scene that day watching as parents learned about the deaths of their children; it was the first time she put down her camera and stopped recording.
Brianna has a deep passion for sharing stories about the service and sacrifice of our nation's veterans. Her work on a 2021 hour-long special titled "Honor Flight: From Paducah to D.C." earned her multiple Associated Press awards. Brianna had the privilege of being the only television news reporter/camerawoman invited to document a 24-hour trip with dozens of veterans as they flew from Louisville to Washington D.C., to visit the memorials and monuments built in their honor, including 15 WWII veterans from Western Kentucky.
While Brianna has the title of "anchor" and "investigative reporter," she assumes the role of "teacher" in the ABC57 newsroom -- hired to help young journalists sharpen their writing, camera work, and storytelling skills.
Before moving to Indiana, Brianna worked as a morning reporter at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, she was a main morning anchor at WPSD in Kentucky where she worked for eight years. Her career began in 2013, as a reporter in Sioux City, Iowa where she covered deadly storms, such as the Pilger, Nebraska EF4 Twin Tornadoes, and stories that impacted local communities.
Growing up in Minnesota near the Twin Cities, Brianna spent her summers riding four-wheelers and her winters on a snowboard. She's a graduate of the University of South Dakota, with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism and a minor in theatre.
With a passion for truth-telling, Brianna strives to shed light on issues affecting individuals, actively seeking answers to some of the most difficult questions.