“I would always give myself an extra 45 minutes to an hour when I went to the store because I knew that someone was going to strike up a conversation. “I have the habit of talking to people anyway but at least in Pittsburgh they knew who they were talking to and I miss that,” Waters said. Waters said she doesn’t miss KDKA but she does miss her co-workers, especially “the photographers and reporters.” And she misses going to the grocery store in Pittsburgh. I know you can do it.’ Then I would send my clips to Jon and other folks and they’re going, ‘You know what you’re talking about!’ That’s the best compliment ever.” Waters said she called KDKA political editor Jon Delano about her new gig. ![]() “I always said, if you see me on a political story in Pittsburgh, every reporter in the newsroom is dead.” “I’d never covered politics,” Waters said. weeknight show that aired during the Georgia State Legislature’s session from January to March. Then came a job offer to be capitol correspondent for Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “Lawmakers,” a 7 p.m. Waters moved to Atlanta in December 2020, a city she visited often to see her best friend. “The industry is changing a lot and when my news director Kathy called me in and told me she was taking me off the (weekend morning) anchor desk, I said, ‘Well, she’s making changes, she’s putting in younger people, so perhaps it’s time.’” ![]() “There was really no set time,” she said of leaving KDKA. One of the most-liked Pittsburgh TV anchors/reporters of recent decades by both viewers and her newsroom colleagues, Brenda Waters retired from KDKA-TV in May 2020. While the dog days of summer TV no longer exist, I’m taking a break from the rushing river of new content this week to catch up with some former local TV personalities.
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