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“With a heart full of gratitude and many wonderful memories, I am stepping away from TV news and starting a new chapter,” Crawford said.
Amanda Crawford will leave 7News on WHDH-TV on Friday after nearly six years with the station, she announced on social media.
“With a heart full of gratitude and many wonderful memories, I am stepping away from TV news and starting a new chapter,” Crawford wrote in a Facebook post announcing her departure.
Crawford joined 7News in 2020 as a news anchor. She said the choice to leave the news industry was difficult.
“I will miss so many people and things about this industry…deciding to switch careers was not an easy decision,” Crawford said.
Crawford said being a TV journalist had been her dream since she was ten years old.
During her 17-year career, Crawford worked for outlets across the country, including in South Carolina, Florida, Nebraska, and Virginia, where she spent a year working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., she wrote.
“From presidential debates to rocket launches to college football championships…I’ve witnessed historic, thrilling, and just plain fun stories and events,” Crawford said.
Crawford also remembered her coverage on “devastating” topics like mass shootings, wildfires, hurricanes, and “other tragedies.”
“The news can be intense and heavy, and I’m ready to take a bit of a break from that,” the anchor said.
Crawford did not share details about her next career move, but said she plans to transition into a field that allows more “flexibility.”
“Im VERY excited to spend Christmas at home and to shut off that 3 a.m. alarm for good,” she wrote.
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