PITTSBURGH, PA — Terming the decision “bittersweet,” WTAE-TV reporter Ashley Zilka will leave the station after Thursday.
Zilka made the announcement on social media.
“As a journalist, I have spent the past 14 years working at different stations across the country,” Zilka said in a post. “From Cincinnati to Minneapolis, every city will hold a special place in my heart, but ending my news career in my hometown, specifically at WTAE, has been the biggest blessing.”
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Zilka is leaving journalism to join Zilka & Company, a fourth-generation bakery supply company that her great-grandfather founded a century ago.
A Rostraver native, Zikla is a graduate of Duquesne University. She joined WTAE from KTSP in Minneapolis, where she won an Emmy for her coverage of the unrest following George Floyd’s death.
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“To our viewers, thank you for trusting me to tell your stories,” she said. “It has truly been an honor and privilege to develop relationships with the same community where I was born and raised.
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