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 six Emmy Awards from three different chapters, including a 2025 Chicago/Midwest Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in News Gathering – Diversity/Equity/Inclusion for her piece Access to Justice.

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 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.

Before moving to Indiana, Brianna worked as a reporter at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, she was a 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 horses, and her winters on a snowboard and sleds. A graduate from Stillwater Area High School, she went on to study at the University of South Dakota, where she earned 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.

Articles by Brianna Clark