Renee Chenault-Fattah (born October 12, 1957 in Littleton, Colorado)
is a former co-anchor of the WCAU NBC 10 News at 4 and 6 p.m. on
weeknights in Philadelphia. She is married to former U.S. Congressman
Chaka Fattah of the 2nd Congressional District of
Pennsylvania.Chenault-Fattah majored in political science at Johns
Hopkins University, and went on to earn her J.D. at the University of
Pennsylvania Law School. She worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, a law
firm in New York, and then clerked for Judge Damon Keith of the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals. She then began her media career, earning a
master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri in
Columbia, Missouri.She joined WCAU, then the Philadelphia CBS TV
affiliate, in September 1991, and served as an anchor and a reporter.
After a few years anchoring the noon broadcast with Tim Lake,
Chenault-Fattah was promoted to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news in March
1995. By then, WCAU had become the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia. In
2003, Lake joined Chenault as co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11
p.m., after she had spent 8 years co-anchoring newscasts at 6 and 11,
first with Ken Matz and then with Larry Mendte.The criminal case
involving her husband, Chaka Fattah, made it increasingly difficult
for Chenault-Fattah to continue as an anchor, and she went on leave
for seven months following his indictment. Ultimately, she left the
station on February 24, 2016. Although she was mentioned in a business
dealing of her husband's, Chenault-Fattah was never charged with
anything in connection with the activities that ultimately led to his
conviction.
is a former co-anchor of the WCAU NBC 10 News at 4 and 6 p.m. on
weeknights in Philadelphia. She is married to former U.S. Congressman
Chaka Fattah of the 2nd Congressional District of
Pennsylvania.Chenault-Fattah majored in political science at Johns
Hopkins University, and went on to earn her J.D. at the University of
Pennsylvania Law School. She worked at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, a law
firm in New York, and then clerked for Judge Damon Keith of the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals. She then began her media career, earning a
master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri in
Columbia, Missouri.She joined WCAU, then the Philadelphia CBS TV
affiliate, in September 1991, and served as an anchor and a reporter.
After a few years anchoring the noon broadcast with Tim Lake,
Chenault-Fattah was promoted to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news in March
1995. By then, WCAU had become the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia. In
2003, Lake joined Chenault as co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11
p.m., after she had spent 8 years co-anchoring newscasts at 6 and 11,
first with Ken Matz and then with Larry Mendte.The criminal case
involving her husband, Chaka Fattah, made it increasingly difficult
for Chenault-Fattah to continue as an anchor, and she went on leave
for seven months following his indictment. Ultimately, she left the
station on February 24, 2016. Although she was mentioned in a business
dealing of her husband's, Chenault-Fattah was never charged with
anything in connection with the activities that ultimately led to his
conviction.
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