Welch said that her new hours are more normal than her Boston 25 schedule, where she co-anchored the 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. news.
The career change will allow the departing news anchor to spend more time with her family in the evenings, she said.
Welch says goodbye to her team
Welch joined Boston 25 News in 2015, following her tenure as an anchor and reporter in Florida, North Carolina and Texas, according to her staff biography.
Boston 25 News in a post called her departure “bittersweet.” “Vanessa is stepping away to spend more time with her family and take on another opportunity outside of TV News,” the station posted. “We've been so lucky to have her on our team. Please join us in wishing her the best of luck!”
Among the departures from Boston 25 in recent months are Hopkins, Welch, consumer reporter Jason Law, and news director Sarah Burgess. The exits have meant remaining staffers have had to take on a lot of extra work, said six workers who left in recent years.
Welch, who left Boston 25 last month, will work "to help stakeholders understand the meaning and implications of financial concepts," financial services company Empower announced Tuesday.
On April 13, 2017, the station announced that it would rebrand its newscasts as Boston 25 News on April 24, 2017; from then on, the "Fox 25" branding was retained as a generalized identity restricted to WFXT's entertainment programming and station promotions (the move followed a similar split branding structure that ...
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She is also a multiple-time winner for Boston/New England Emmy Award for best anchor. Off camera, Welch is married to Boston 25 News meteorologist Jason Brewer. Together, they have a family of five, with three young boys. “I feel so blessed,” she said during her on-air sendoff.
Vanessa Welch, an anchor for Boston 25 News, recently caught viewers' attention for her remarkable composure during a live broadcast. In a video that has since gone viral, Welch was seen swallowing a fly mid-sentence, yet she continued delivering the news without missing a beat.
The University of Georgia graduate has also won two Boston/New England Emmy Awards for best anchor. Off camera, Welch is married to Boston 25 News meteorologist Jason Brewer, with whom she shares three young boys.
Christa Delcamp who was at WHDH for years and then switched to NBC Boston and then quit to "spend more time with her family" has now made a return to Cox's WFXT. She's apparently the replacement for Vanessa Welch at Boston 25. Cox has been making cuts, but Delcamp was on the newscast, anchoring solo on Wednesday night.
Boston 25 News anchor Vanessa Welch said goodbye to TV news Wednesday, her family joining her on camera for one of her last newscasts. “I have accepted a new opportunity in Boston,” Welch announced on air, her sons tucked at her side. “It's outside the television industry. I'm really excited about this.”
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