Anny Hong currently works at WUSA9 as a Meteorologist/Reporter. Prior to that, she was working at KOVR, the CBS affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., where she worked as a Meteorologist/Reporter/Anchor. Most recently, she spent the last year in Paris studying French at the Sorbonne University. Anny was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, home of the University of Oregon Ducks. While she did take courses at the U of O during her senior year of high school, Anny considers herself an Orange-woman after graduating from Syracuse University in Upstate New York. Anny's first job was during her senior year in college. She was a one-man band reporter in Watertown, New York.

Catching up with former friends and making new ones (especially from the Washington, DC chapter!), this year's AAJA Conference in Detroit may have been a little lower key than past years, but it also allowed me to get to know my fellow AAJA members a lot better. After more than ten years in the business, it was comforting to talk with others who have been balancing the demands of their professional and personal life, while the the industry continues to undergo so many changes. At the conference, I was able to learn about the latest tools of multi media journalism and integrating social media more effectively into my daily work as a reporter and meteorologist.

This is my 13th conference (my first was in 1997, in Boston, as a newly graduated high school senior who was part of the radio student project), and I'm thankful to the Washington, DC chapter for their support. As I'm still new to Washington, I look forward to helping out the chapter in its future events!