Mahealani Richardson is a reporter and anchor of KITV 4 News This Morning. She joined the news team in September of 2002. Before KITV 4, Mahealani worked at KGW (NBC) in Portland, Ore. as a general assignment reporter.

She also worked at KGMB in Honolulu as an environmental and legislative reporter. Mahealani interned at CBS News in New York, WCAU (CBS) in Philadelphia and the Joan Rivers Show in New York.

Mahealani was born and raised in Honolulu and graduated from the Kamehameha Schools. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in communications with a concentration in marketing.

In 2004, Mahealani and the KITV 4 News Department won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for the documentary "War with Iraq, Through the Eyes of Hawai'i's Kids." A Murrow is one of the most prestigious awards in broadcast journalism.

Mahealani says her most memorable stories include covering the arrival of the Hokule'a in Easter Island and non-stop live coverage of the wildfires and winter storms in the Northwest.

Mahealani volunteers as a dog walker at the Hawaiian Humane Society. She enjoys dancing, horseback riding, traveling and spending time with her husband.

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