Media Moves

Tampa TV station hires Plasencia as a reporter

Ariel Plasencia

Ariel Plasencia, a reporter at WFAA-TV Ch. 8, an ABC affiliate in Dallas, will leave to join WTVT-TV Ch. 13 in Tampa, Fla., which serves the area’s Fox network, as a reporter.

Previously, Plasencia was a morning reporter/MMJ at WCNC-TV Ch. 36, an NBC station in Charlotte. She worked as a noon anchor and multi-media journalist at WITN-TV Ch. 7, an NBC and MyNetworkTV affiliate in Washington, N.C.

Plasencia has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Connect with Plasencia via Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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