Media Women Recognize Reporter as Top Talent

Seattle Local member and longtime KIRO-TV reporter Deborah Horne has been awarded a 2022 Gracie Award for Outstanding Local Television News On-Air Talent. 

This represents a double victory for Horne, who also recently received a 2021 Northwest Regional Emmy Award for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for her investigative feature series Western Washington Gets Real, which focuses on issues impacting marginalized communities in the region.

Horne, who has served on the Seattle Local Board since 2013 and is currently local vice president, broadcasters, has more than 40 years' experience as a reporter, starting in Providence, Rhode Island, and later joining KIRO in 1991.

Also receiving awards were Christine Nagy for co-hosting Cubby and Christine in the Morning on WLTW and National Board member Cheri Preston for anchoring ABC News Radio.

The Gracies are presented annually by the Alliance For Women In Media. Horne received her award at its 47th annual ceremony held June 22 in New York.

Photo: Deborah Horne at the 47th Annual Gracie Awards ceremony. Photo courtesy of Getty Images/The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.  

This item originally featured in the SAG-AFTRA magazine summer 2022 issue.