Anita Brikman joined 9 NEWS NOW in January of 2008 as co-anchor of the weekday 5pm and 7pm newscasts with Derek McGinty. Anita also spearheads 9 NEWS NOW's Health unit, "LIVING WELL", covering major health issues that affect Washington-area residents. She brings over twelve years of health news experience to 9 NEWS NOW's health unit.
Ms. Brikman came to 9 NEWS NOW from WPVI-TV, the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia, where she began in 1994 as their featured medical reporter, and shortly after joining the station also assumed various news anchor duties. Among other assignments, she traveled to Indonesia following the disastrous tsunami to chronicle a medical relief mission undertaken by American physicians. Before WPVI, Anita worked at WKEF-TV in Dayton, Ohio where she was the 6 & 11pm anchor. She has also put in stints at various radio and television stations in Indiana and Ohio.
A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Ms. Brikman is a member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. She is married with three children.
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Anita Brikman joined 9 NEWS NOW in January of 2008 as co-anchor of the weekday 5pm and 7pm newscasts with Derek McGinty. Anita also spearheads 9 NEWS NOW's Health unit, "LIVING WELL", covering major health issues that affect Washington-area residents. She brings over twelve years of health news experience to 9 NEWS NOW's health unit.