Jennifer Sanders

About

Jennifer Sanders is an Emmy-award winning and an Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, who is passionate about empowering people through visual storytelling. She is currently the evening anchor at KXAN. Prior to arriving at KXAN, she worked for more than eight years at NewsChannel 9 WSYR-TV in Syracuse, New York. She started her news career as a writer, web producer and multi-media journalist in North Texas. During her time in Syracuse, her documentary, “Hidden History: The End of Syracuse’s 15th Ward,” received an Edward R. Murrow Award, a Syracuse Press Club Award and was nominated for an Emmy. She also earned an Emmy nomination for her documentary, “Hidden History: Syracuse 8,” and received a Regional Murrow Award for a separate documentary, “Hidden History: Syracuse Congress of Racial Equality.” Sanders is passionate about the future generation of journalists. While working in Syracuse, she spent two years as a professor teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. She also helped create a mentoring program for high school journalists at Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central. Sanders earned a 2022 Lone Star EMMY Award for her reporting on “Housing History: Racial Displacement in Austin.” After starting as a weekend anchor, KXAN named Sanders its inaugural anchor for the 4 p.m. newscast, which debuted in July 2022. She then helped launched KXAN's expanded midday newscast in 2024 and anchored the two-hour show as well. Along with her storytelling and anchoring, Sanders has interviewed influential thought leaders and public officials, from speaking one-on-one with Oprah Winfrey and comedian Trevor Noah to covering former President Barack Obama’s visit to Cooperstown, New York. Sanders has a passion for giving back to her community through solutions-based reporting. She has traveled the globe to understand and report on issues plaguing various communities. In her spare time, she volunteers at local schools and universities, emcees community events, moderates panels, hosts workshops and travels for lectures on the vitality of journalism. She serves on Texas Lutheran University’s Board of Regents and is a member of various community service organizations. Sanders received her bachelor’s degree in mass communications and Spanish from Texas Lutheran University, along with a master’s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas.