Reese is moving from the 6 a.m. show to start something new at WUSA9 at 7 p.m. Author: Reese Waters (WUSA 9) Published: 7:34 AM EST January 15, 2021 Updated: 7:53 AM EST January 15, 2021
WASHINGTON Back in 2017, just a few months into Get Up DC, I attended DC Newsbash where, while standing awkwardly pretending to know Andrea Roane, you know the stance, I was approached by a distinguished gentleman named Tony Perkins, who told me, I love what you re doing. Keep it up.
That meant so much, first because of what it revealed about Tony as a person, but also because this thing of ours we call Get Up DC was doubted from the very beginning. Think of an entity that could hate and they did. Even my mama was skeptical. She wanted me to get a government job with some security. But the leaders here at WUSA9, Richard Dyer and Michael Valentine had faith in the idea. And in me. And Larry Miller, Jan Jeffcoat, Miri Marshall, and Ellen Bry