Aimee Cho is a general assignment reporter for News4.
Cho grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, where she wanted to be a journalist from a young age. She attended Langley High School then Cornell University. Cho wrote for the Cornell Daily Sun and for Ithaca College's student-run TV station.
After being accepted into the prestigious Emma Bowen Foundation Internship Program, Cho spent three summers at NBC4 working in various departments, including the newsroom. At the conclusion of her participation in 2016, NBC4 hired her to be a multimedia journalist.
During her time at NBC4, Cho has won three awards for her work as a multimedia journalist, shooting, writing and editing stories. One was an EMMY from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and two others were awarded by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters. Cho also earned an EMMY for a profile of a beloved Bethesda football coach with Down syndrome.
Cho is very involved in the Asian American Journalists Association. She currently lives in Chevy Chase.
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‘This is scary': Bullets hit homes, cars during shooting that killed 3 in Spotsylvania
Three people died and three others were taken to hospitals after a shooting in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
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Mass layoffs begin at HHS as experts worry about future of medical research
Federal health employees stood outside in line for hours Tuesday at the Department of Health and Human Service’s Public Health Division office in Rockville, Maryland, where people waited to scan their badge and learn if they still had a job. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to cut about 10,000 jobs from the agency to save taxpayers money….
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Schools scramble to pay bills after Dept. of Ed. declines to pay COVID relief
School districts around the country are figuring out how to pay some bills after the Department of Education announced it won’t pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in promised COVID-19 relief funds. Congress approved the funding with a deadline of January 2025 to spend it, and the Biden administration allowed states to apply for an extension to January 2026….
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‘Trying to be the best': Reston native Ilia Malinin leads at world championship
Malinin, 20, is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel in competition. He tells News4’s Aimee Cho the first time he landed it, he didn’t even know what to expect.
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Measles case confirmed in DC with exposures on Amtrak, in health clinic
DC Health confirmed a case of measles on Tuesday morning after the person traveled through multiple places, including an Amtrak train.
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Education Department threatens 4 DC-area universities with funding cuts over antisemitism
Four schools in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are on the Trump administration’s list of 60 schools.
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Mom with stage 4 cancer approved for clinical trial after NIH funding cuts left her in limbo
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Washington Informer celebrates 60 years serving Black DC community
The Washington Informer, a Black, woman-owned multimedia newspaper, is celebrating 60 years of service to the Black D.C. area community. The paper’s publisher, Denise Rolark Barnes, carries on the legacy of her father, Calvin W. Rolark, who founded the weekly newspaper in 1964 to highlight positive stories about the local Black community. There are always items on your to-do list…
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Businesses, customers brace for potential price increases as tariffs take effect
Prices at stores, restaurants and gas stations could go up because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, economists say, and small businesses and customers say they have already started to experience its impact. At Audrey’s Fish & Chips in Manassas, Virginia, owner Kat Phisootchukkrawan said she’s feeling the pinch from rising prices for both ingredients and supplies. Phisootchukkrawan said she...
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Figure skating community honors crash victims, first responders in Legacy on Ice
The figure skating tribute event “Legacy on Ice” will take place on Sunday, March 2 to honor the lives lost when a plane and helicopter collided over the Potomac River earlier this year. The event will be held at Capital One Arena in D.C. from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Final rehearsals were underway on Saturday and Sunday ahead of…
