Good Morning Richmond co-anchor watched her mom fill same role

Autumn Childress '18 was promoted to co-anchor of Good Morning Richmond at ABC affiliate WRIC, where she had been a reporter and weekend anchor. She started at the station as a morning reporter in May 2020.

Bernie Ritter, WRIC news director, said: "Autumn has proved to be an enterprising journalist, delivering exclusive and impactful stories. Those skills paired with her performance at the desk make her a perfect addition to the GMR team." For Childress, who earned a degree in communication studies at Longwood, Richmond is more than where she works-it's home. "I grew up here, did Girl Scouts here, played basketball here. I mean, this community is my home," she told GMR anchor Delaney Hall shortly after her move to the show was announced.

"My mom was the anchor of Good Morning Richmond for nearly two decades. … [I'm] speechless, honestly, to have watched her do this my entire childhood and to now sit in the same seat that she was sitting in-I mean, it's a surreal feeling."