WSFA 12 News
Valorie Carter Lawson is an accomplished news anchor and reporter with extensive experience in the broadcasting industry. Currently serving as a weekday anchor for WSFA 12 News since April 2006, Lawson has been recognized for outstanding journalism by the Alabama Broadcasters Association, Associated Press, and National Association of Black Journalists. Prior to this role, Lawson worked as a weekend news anchor and weekday reporter at ABC33/40 from October 1998 to April 2016, where coverage included significant stories from Birmingham City Hall. Lawson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
WSFA 12 News
WSFA has continually built its news department. In the early days, it was one half-hour newscast a day. Now, WSFA airs more than 19 hours of local newscasts each week. Some of the most popular additions to WSFA news were a series of tower-cams, giving viewers aerial views of weather and traffic, and Advanced Super Doppler 12, the city's only live local weather radar. WSFA was also the first television station in the state to upgrade to digital, non-linear video news gathering equipment and the transition to High-Definition is now underway. News coverage and the technology that accompanies it are mainstays at WSFA, however the station is equally grounded in community support projects throughout the year.