Anahita Jafary

Anahita Jafary graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a bachelor's degree in communication and a minor in poverty, inequality, and social justice. Before that, she received three associate degrees.

She is back in California after two years reporting and anchoring in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the region’s top-rated TV news station. She covered breaking news stories including the UVA mass shooting in November 2022.

Anahita is an award-winning journalist, receiving an Emmy award in her first year at KCRA. She is also a first and second place Associated Press Award winner for Best Serious Feature in 2024.

She is trained in public safety focused crime reporting as a participant in Poynter's 2025 cohort of the Transforming Local Crime Reporting into Public Safety Journalism course.

She encourages anyone to reach out if they have a story idea. Her email is anahita.jafary@hearst.com.