{{short description|American reporter}} {{autobiography|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Hillary Howard | caption = Hillary Howard in 2021 | occupation = Television reporter<br />Quiz bowl host | years_active = early 2000s–present | image = Hillary Howard.jpg }}
'''Hillary Howard''' is an American reporter. She co-anchored (along with Shawn Anderson) the 2:00pm to 7:00pm shift on all-news station WTOP in Washington, D.C. until June, 2023. Since November 2011, Howard has also served as host of ''It's Academic''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=It's Academic Quiz Show - The Official Website: Hosts |url=https://www.itsacademicquizshow.com/hosts/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.itsacademicquizshow.com}}</ref>
== Career == {{BLP sources section|date=October 2023}} Howard is a writer, reporter and weathercaster who hosts "It's Academic," the world's longest-running TV quiz show.<ref name=":0" /> She succeeded Mac McGarry in the role in 2011 following his retirement. For 18+ years she worked at Washington DC's WTOP News. Howard co-anchored afternoons with Shawn Anderson after co-hosting a political interview show with former NBC correspondent Bob Kur on Washington Post Radio, a joint venture between WTOP and the Post. Her DC broadcast career began at WTTG/FOX5 where she was the weekend anchor and special projects reporter following her work as an award-winning street reporter and weathercaster. She also worked at WUSA9 and briefly freelanced at ABC7. Besides her news work, Hillary was a writer for the documentary short "Bee the Future," about an English language spelling bee for non-English speakers in Bangalore, India. Howard is also a voiceover artist, story producer and public speaker who was the 2023 master of ceremonies for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Howard is an NYU graduate whose early career was jumpstarted at New York's legendary 1010 WINS where she led a dial-up "newsphone" headline service before shifting to the newsroom.{{original research inline|date=November 2023}}
== Brain surgery == In November 2010, Howard fell and suffered a head injury. Later, a brain scan revealed a meningioma tumor in Howard's brain. Although the tumor was benign, she opted to have it removed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Howard of WTOP is upbeat about brain surgery |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-04 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/hillary-howard-of-wtop-is-upbeat-about-brain-surgery/date=2011/04/04/AFGtjoeC_blog.html |accessdate=2011-05-07 }}</ref> The surgery was performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in April 2011. The operation was successful, and she recovered. Howard returned to work in May.<ref>{{cite news |title=Update: Hillary Howard recovering from brain surgery |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-18 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/update-hillary-howard-recovering-from-brain-surgery/2011/04/18/AFSNxM1D_blog.html |accessdate=2011-05-07 }}</ref>
== Family == Howard is married to retired WUSA reporter and noted fire-service blogger Dave Statter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Drivers on I-395 do stupid things. Dave Statter has the video evidence. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2022-03-29 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/29/dave-statter-traffic-cams/ |accessdate=2022-03-30 }}</ref><ref name="wtop">{{cite web|title=Hillary Howard |url=http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=62&sid=401975 |publisher=WTOPnews |accessdate=18 February 2012 |url-status=dead |date=31 March 2005 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713073740/http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=62&sid=401975 |archivedate=July 13, 2009 }}</ref>
== Awards == Howard won Emmy Awards for News Writing, Hard News Reporting, Feature Reporting and Weathercasting. She also won an Imagen Award for reporting on Hispanic Issues, and was a finalist in the New York Festivals. Howard also won a Chesapeake AP Award for TV and radio work. Her radio career garnered other awards too including a regional Murrow and SPJ. Howard was also part of the WTOP national Murrow Award-winning newsteam for its collective work on breaking news, including the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021.<ref name=wtop/>
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