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Rekha's hero Peter Jennings once said: "There are a lot of people in this business who believe that part of our job is to reassure the public every night. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially a rough draft of history." And that's what Rekha Muddaraj strives to do everyday as a member of the News 8 team.

Rekha comes to San Diego from Pittsburg, KS where she worked as reporter and fill-in anchor for the CBS and FOX stations. Rekha had the unique opportunity of covering news in four states - Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma - and also covered several stories that became national headlines.

A family rule to watch the evening news everyday is what's mainly to blame for Rekha's eventual career in journalism. Born and raised in Phoenix, Rekha attended Arizona State University and graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. She has dual degrees in journalism and political science. Rekha completed many internships, her favorite being her summer job at the Washington D.C. bureau for the British network, ITN.

"It was an election year - which is always exciting - but I also learned first-hand about American politics through an international perspective. What an eye-opener!"
At ASU, she also served as the president of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.

Rekha is a member of SAJA, the South Asian Journalist Association. She is a first-generation American and loves to visit her extended family in India as much possible. Rekha enjoys reading, traveling, exploring San Diego with her fiance Neil, and attempting to become as good a cook as her mother.

Feel free to send your story ideas (and favorite recipes) to rmuddaraj@kfmb.com.