Kim Khazei

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Kim Khazei
Born1959
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)TV news anchor and journalist
Known fornews anchor woman for 7News Boston WHDH-TV [1]
SpouseScott A. Huff [1] [2]
ChildrenHayden, Walker, and Tatum [1]
Relatives Alan Khazei (cousin) [3]

Kim Khazei is a female news anchor for 7News Boston WHDH-TV and its sister station WLVI-TV (CW56). [4] [5]

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Career

Kim Khazei began her TV career at KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, then worked for four years at KQTV in Missouri as an evening anchor and reporter. [6]

She became an evening news anchor for the NBC affiliates in Champaign, Illinois and later went to work at KOVR-TV in Sacramento, California as an anchor and reporter. [1] [6]

Khazei came to Channel 7 in Boston, Massachusetts in January 1994 at the time when Sunbeam Television Corporation took over the station and introduced a "fast-paced, graphics-driven, and aggressive brand of local news" to the Boston market. She worked for the station's morning show and co-anchored the debut of WHDH's first 4 p.m. news. [1]

After being on personal leave since July 2001, she resigned in September 2001 to dedicate her full-time to raise her children and be with her husband and family. [7] In August 2007, she returned to her duties at WHDH-TV. [1]

Personal life

Khazei is married to Scott A. Huff, a Bowling Green State University alumnus and a division manager for a medical technology company, and they have three children, Hayden (born 1994), Walker, and Tatum. They live in Winchester, Massachusetts. [1] [2]

She is also the cousin of Massachusetts social entrepreneur and politician, Alan Khazei. [3]

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