Brenda Wood is a living legend in Atlanta broadcast journalism.
She was an news anchor at Atlanta's NBC affiliate, WXIA-TV, for twenty years beginning in 1997.
Born in Washington, D.C., Ms. Wood worked in various media markets as a TV newswoman throughout the American South, such as Huntsville, Nashville and Memphis. She arrived in Atlanta in 1988 becoming an anchor at WAGA-TV when it was a CBS affiliate. The she remained when it made the transition to being a Fox affiliate, Ms. Wood moved to WXIA-TV soon after.
Ms. Wood interviewed several notable Georgia personalities throughout her career, such as President Jimmy Carter, former United Nations Ambassador and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young, and U.S. Representative John Lewis, and she also hosted a documentary looking back at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Toward the end of her news career, she provided commentaries on her newscast called "The Last Word" (not to be confused with Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC show of the same name).
"I've worked hard," Ms. Wood said just before her retirement. "I will say I gave it my all and I got rewarded by getting great job offers and great positions. I've been truly blessed."
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