GAZELLE WEST Vol 1, Issue 3 | Page 60

COMMUNITY & CULTURE 20 PEOPLE TO KNOW EMILY RAU News Anchor KMOV-TV If you tune in to the early morning Channel 4 news show, you’ve seen a new anchor this year. Never in her wildest dreams, did Emily Rau think she would get up at 1 a.m. to go to work. But her days have started that way since January when she was moved to the anchor seat next to Andre Hepkins, leading the News 4 This Morning team from 4:30 to 7 every morning. A Washington, Missouri native, Emily worked as a reporter in Norfolk, Virginia before returning to Missouri to work at KMOV-TV in 2012. She started in the St. Charles County bureau, lugging a camera from Wentzville to Augusta as a “one-man-band” reporter. A year in, Emily moved to the morning show, covering breaking news around the viewing area, including extensive reporting during last year’s events in Ferguson, Missouri. Emily graduated from Washington High School and attended the University of Missouri in Columbia. A fourthgeneration Mizzou alum and Tiger fan, Emily is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. She is a National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Chapter Emmy winner, and a Missouri Broadcaster Award recipient. She serves on the board of Girls In The Know, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering young girls. GAZELLE WEST