Nicole Sanchez

Emmy-award winning journalist Nicole Sanchez has worked in television for more than two decades. She is one of our chapter’s national trustees and she also served as our chapter’s president from 2019-2023. Nicole is a seasoned storyteller and works for a variety of stations including the Seattle Channel, Idaho Public Television and Idaho News 6.

Nicole spent the first part of her career reporting and anchoring in newsrooms including Q13 FOX News, KOMO ABC 4, and KIMA-TV in Yakima. Her work has been awarded several dozen times by NATAS NW, the Society of Professional Journalists, WorldFest International Film Festival, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, the Telly Awards, the Communicator Awards, the Alliance for Community Media Hometown Awards, and the Ava Digital Awards. Nicole also has been awarded with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. She continues to be grateful to NATAS Northwest for blessing her with a scholarship in the late 90’s.

Nicole graduated with honors with a degree in Communications and a minor in Political Science from Washington State University. She enjoys teaching workshops at the Murrow Symposium including the On-Air Talent and News Writing Workshops.