Greta Kreuz retires from WJLA-TV After Over 30 Year Career

After 30-plus years in journalism, including time at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI, WJLA-TV ABC 7 News reporter Greta Kreuz retired on Wednesday with a newsroom celebration of her career that included many hugs from colleagues and a farewell cake.

Kreuz was a veteran reporter and anchor at WJLA-TV and winner of multiple Emmy, AP and Edward R. Murrow awards for her work. She joined the station in 1988 and covered a wide variety of beats, including education, transportation and religion.

When she launched the religion beat in 1998, she became the first full-time religion reporter for a Washington network affiliate, earning much acclaim for her work. Among her many interviews: Anwar al-Awlaki, the cleric who later became the world's No. 1 Al Qaeda terrorist, killed by a US drone in Yemen in 2011.

Greta covered countless major issues and events, including 2013's election of Pope Francis in Rome, the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, and the clergy sex abuse crisis.
Greta also served as ABC7's Transportation Reporter, where her investigative reports on a major bogus parking ticket scam in the District earned her nominations for Emmy and AP awards.

Greta anchored the ABC7/WJLA-TV Morning News for seven years until leaving to cover the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles. She also anchored the ABC7/WJLA-TV Weekend Edition during her career.

In 1996, she was one of a select handful of American journalists chosen to take part in a broadcast exchange program in Germany, appearing on the evening news in Berlin.

Greta began her journalism career as an award-winning newspaper reporter and photographer in the Chicago area. She then went on to radio, as news director for WVPO/WSBG in Pennsylvania.
Her career in television news began as anchor/reporter for WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. From there, she moved onto to WPRI-TV in Providence, RI and WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

During her extensive career, Greta interviewed many prominent newsmakers, among them Jimmy Carter, Elizabeth Edwards, Desmond Tutu and Princess Diana. In 2013, she flew to Rome to cover the election of Pope Francis.

Other major stories/events Greta covered included 9-11; the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, and the clergy sex abuse crisis, and Penn State/Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
She also reported on virtually every major natural disaster: hurricanes, tornadoes, fires and the 2011 earthquake here, for which she won an Emmy. She's interviewed everyone from Hollywood stars to convicted criminals, diplomats to drug dealers.

Off-screen, Greta has been very active in a number of causes, including Alzheimer's and lung cancer, serving on various boards and working with her church and other non-profit organizations.

 

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