Anchors
Denise Koch
Viewers turn to Denise Koch and Vic Carter -- anchors of WJZ 13's Eyewitness News at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.— for their credible reports presented by the veteran news team in Baltimore.
The Emmy Award–winning journalist has traveled to such exotic locations as China, Jamaica and West Africa to report the news. Denise also covers the homefront from locations around the U.S. and Maryland, bringing local, national and world events into sharp focus for Channel 13 viewers.
Even sports fans are familiar with Denise's work, which has included covering Baltimore's search for an NFL team in Chicago to the Ravens quest for the Super Bowl trophy in Tampa.
For a number of years, viewers met many of Maryland's most fascinating citizens on her interview show called "Get To Know." Many high school students benefited from watching her series on a group of Baltimore teens who went to West Africa in 1992 and shared their experiences to home audiences via WJZ 13. That same series was shown at local museums and at the National Post Office in the nation's capital.
Her journalistic efforts have garnered Denise a host of awards in addition to the aforementioned Emmys. The Society of Professional Journalists honored her for her reports from China, titled "Baltimore East." Her series on troubled students in the city schools' Future Program earned her both a Maryland State Teachers Association award as well as a national Angel award. The list doesn't stop here.
Denise, a California native, attended UCLA, first focusing on an acting career and earning the prestigious Natalie Wood award for her talents. She went on to graduate from California Institute of the Arts and then enrolled at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor graduating summa cum laude with a master's degree in theatre.
She came to Baltimore initially because of Center Stage, where she performed professionally and also served as literary manager. Television executives soon had her in their focus and invited her in 1979 to add new dimension to a features program called Evening Magazine, which was syndicated across the country and aired locally on WJZ 13.
Today she is one of the most respected broadcast journalists in town and one of the most versatile as well.
Denise also makes it a point to help local charities and non-profit groups, serving on the advisory board of the Hospice Network of Maryland and the Howard County Arts Council board. She lives with her husband and twin daughters in Howard County.
