Best TV Reporter on the Case
Jala Washington
Seven or eight local reporters covered the Daniel Perry murder trial but KXAN's Jala Washington stood out from the rest. The weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter moved through the courtroom with a lawyerly self-assurance, speaking in earnest tones to the families of the victim and the shooter, comparing notes with her fellow reporters, and then setting up outside the courtroom to deliver live updates at 5pm. In these, Washington underlined the trial's most interesting elements. Notably, she was the first reporter to highlight the importance of Perry's violent social media posts – the evidence that legal observers say eventually led to Perry's guilty verdict.
