Angela Chen is the morning and noon news anchor at KESQ News Channel 3, the ABC/CBS station in Palm Springs, California. She previously taught graduate school classes at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communication. Prior to that, Chen was a reporter and anchor at Fox 26 News in Houston, where she covered hurricanes, terrorism plots, and two Super Bowls. Chen graduated with degrees in world literatures, writing, and psychology from UC San Diego. She earned a Master of Science from Columbia University’s Journalism School in New York City. Chen was a reporter for NY1 and several news stations in Bakersfield, San Diego, and Reno. She’s also reported for several print and digital outlets, including The New York Times and The Huffington Post. Chen is an Emmy Award-winning journalist whose accolades include the Lone Star Award, Philip S. Weintraub Media Award, RIAS German Fellowship, and N.S. Bienstock Fellowship. In 2020, she was awarded a Society of Environmental Journalists grant and a USC Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund grant. Both grants supported a series on the Salton Sea, which later garnered her another Emmy, an Edward R. Murrow, and a Golden Mike Award. Chen also won the Outstanding Explanatory Reporting award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.