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Kandace Redd

Kandace Redd is a reporter for the ABC10 Morning News.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kandace Redd is a reporter on the ABC10 Morning News. 

Kandace joined ABC10 in 2021 as the Race and Culture Reporter. She earned an Emmy nomination for "Florin Square: Sacramento's Black Wall Street” in 2023. The report explores how the Black entrepreneurial spirit lives on from the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma to the Florin Square Shopping Center in Sacramento.

Before joining ABC10, Kandace was at WFMY News 2, ABC10's sister station, in Greensboro, N.C. There, she worked as a Multiskilled Journalist and fill-in anchor on The Good Morning Show. Kandace covered local turned national news stories, including the passing of Billy Graham, the removal of the Winston-Salem Confederate monument, and a deadly EF-2 tornado. She also led morning news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice protests, and the 2020 presidential election.

Before WFMY, Kandace was a morning reporter and producer at 16 WAPT News in Jackson, Mississippi. There, she tackled breaking news and enterprise stories, including Mississippi’s controversial removal of the Confederate symbol on the state flag, an interview with NFL legend Jerry Rice concerning national anthem protests, and the murder of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier.

Before joining WAPT, Kandace worked as the morning anchor, reporter, and producer at WXVT Delta News in Greenville, Mississippi. 

Kandace began her journalism career as a news intern in Washington, D.C. She worked at WTOP 103.5FM all-news radio, WTTG FOX 5, and CBS News Washington Bureau. While in the nation's capital, Kandace traveled with CBS News for President Barack Obama's "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour." After four years in Washington, Kandace moved to the New England area to work as a news apprentice at WBZ 4 CBS Boston. 

Kandace is from the Crenshaw District, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism at Howard University and a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication at American University. She also earned a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University. Kandace is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. 

She enjoys spending time with loved ones, mentoring the youth, and engaging with all communities to help form a more unified and peaceful world – for today and the future. 

You can connect with Kandace by email at kredd@abc10.com. She can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

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