Kellie joined the Nexstar D.C. Bureau in August 2019. It’s a return to Washington for Kellie, who covered the Capitol for a group of 60+ local television newsrooms for three years.
Between Capitol Hill gigs, Kellie spent 13 months working and living in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She established a USVI news bureau and reported on the recovery from two Category 5 hurricanes, Irma and Maria, for the local CBS-ABC stations. Kellie spent her days traveling from island to island as a one-woman news team.
Kellie has covered and interviewed the top government and political figures. During the 2016 presidential campaign, she conducted an exclusive, one-on-one interview with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump that made national headlines.
Kellie began her television career in Elmira, New York as a morning show anchor and evening reporter. She is a two-time New York Associated Press Award winner. Kellie graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism.
She loves meeting new people and learning new things everyday.