Hillary Howard

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.

Career

Howard is a writer, reporter and weathercaster who hosts "It's Academic," the world's longest-running TV quiz show. The surgery was performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in April 2011. The operation was successful, and she recovered. Howard returned to work in May.

Family Howard is married to retired WUSA reporter and noted fire-service blogger Dave Statter.

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.