{"id":6415,"date":"2015-01-19T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6415"},"modified":"2015-01-19T08:15:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:15:19","slug":"nesita-kwan-leaves-well-travelled-path-at-nbc-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/01\/19\/nesita-kwan-leaves-well-travelled-path-at-nbc-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter Nesita Kwan leaves \u2018well-traveled path\u2019 at NBC 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Nesita<\/a>

<\/a> Nesita Kwan<\/p><\/div>\n

Telling colleagues it was \u201cundoubtedly time to take this fork in the road,\u201d Nesita Kwan has signed off after more than 20 years as a reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank Nesita for her many years of service to our news team,\u201d Frank Whittaker, station manager and vice president of news at NBC 5, told staffers in a memo. Kwan\u2019s last day on the air was Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Best known for her long tenure as health reporter, Kwan joined NBC 5 in 1994 as weekend news anchor. She most recently worked as a general assignment reporter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I look back over the last two decades, I see an abundance of good fortune and blessing: that\u2019s one of the reasons it\u2019s hard to leave this well-traveled path,\u201d she wrote in an email to co-workers. \u201cBut for me, it\u2019s also undoubtedly time to take this fork in the road, leading to the next phase in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Born in Montreal, Kwan moved with her family to the United States at age 10 and graduated with honors from the University of Virginia. Before joining NBC 5, she worked for KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston, and for stations in Roanoke and Norfolk, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of Kwan\u2019s letter to her colleagues<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

To my NBC family:<\/em><\/p>\n

A note like this can\u2019t capture everything I feel as I wrap up more than twenty years of my professional life at Channel Five.<\/em><\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ll be in touch for more personal goodbyes . . . but I relish this chance to express my deep gratitude for all the open hearted colleagues who unfailingly and consistently offered support in both personal and professional ways.<\/em><\/p>\n

I cherish the laughter we shared . . . those moments of triumph when we got the story on the air against all odds . . . and all the ingenuity and perseverance you displayed, which made me love my work all the more.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think we sometimes brought light where there was darkness, and assistance where there was difficulty. That I am sure you will continue to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

As I look back over the last two decades, I see an abundance of good fortune and blessing: that\u2019s one of the reasons it\u2019s hard to leave this well-traveled path.<\/em><\/p>\n

But for me, it\u2019s also undoubtedly time to take this fork in the road, leading to the next phase in my life.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not ready for goodbye, but I do envision a time in the not too distant future when we will gather to say hello again . . . to share the stories of how life has unfolded, and to celebrate all the new things for which we are grateful. You remain close to my heart until then.<\/em><\/p>\n

Peace and health in this new year.<\/em><\/p>\n

With love, Nesita<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telling colleagues it was \u201cundoubtedly time to take this fork in the road,\u201d Nesita Kwan has signed off after more than 20 years as a reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5. \u201cI want to thank Nesita for her many years of service to our news team,\u201d Frank Whittaker, station manager and vice president of news at... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6415"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6423,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions\/6423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}