| Pennies for Patients 2010-2011 Honorary Chair Anita Brikman, Co-Anchor
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Anita Brikman joined 9 NEWS NOW in January of 2008 as co-anchor of the weekday 5pm and 11pm newscasts with Derek McGinty. Anita also spearheads 9 NEWS NOW's Health unit, "LIVING WELL", covering major health issues that affect Washington-area residents. She brings over twelve years of health news experience to 9 NEWS NOW's health unit. Ms. Brikman came to 9 NEWS NOW from WPVI-TV, the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia, where she began in 1994 as their featured medical reporter, and shortly after joining the station also assumed various news anchor duties. Among other assignments, she traveled to Indonesia following the disastrous tsunami to chronicle a medical relief mission undertaken by American physicians. Before WPVI, Anita worked at WKEF-TV in Dayton, Ohio where she was the 6 & 11pm anchor. She has also put in stints at various radio and television stations in Indiana and Ohio. A graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Ms. Brikman is a member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications. She is married with three children. __________________________________________________________________ 2010 News Update:
9 News Now's Pennies for Patients PSA in primetimeAnita Brikman joined our honored patients and families at E.H. Marsteller Middle School in mid- September to film a short PSA for the Pennies for Patients program. Our Honored Students were featured in the PSA searching their homes high and low for spare change. Catch the final product on Channel WUSA9 in mid- Oct. 
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