Renee Chenault-Fattah Returns to TV After 3-Year Hiatus

By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegel 

Longtime Philadelphia anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah is going back to work, according to Philly.com.

The broadcaster stepped down in 2015 from WCAU, the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia. At first it was temporary. She took a six-month leave after her husband was indicted and later convicted on racketerring, bribery, money laundering and fraud charges. He’s currently serving 10 years in prison.

In an interview with the paper, Chenault-Fattah says she’s returning because she misses telling stories. She’s now working on a series about Alzheimer’s disease.

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“After this, I would like to do something around cancer in our community. My dad died from pancreatic cancer. He had eight siblings and seven of them died from different forms of cancer … ,” she told the paper.

That was the first interview given since her husband’s conviction. It’s unclear where Chenault-Fattah’s stories will air as she’s working with a local production company.

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