Cher Calvin joined KTLA in 2005 and anchors KTLA’s 5PM, 6 PM and the Emmy Award winning 10:00 PM and 11PM nightly newscasts.
Cher is a social justice advocate, and a longstanding supporter and friend to the YWCA—emceeing the annual fundraising event for girls “Racial Justice Breakfast” for more than a decade.
She also conceptualized the 2021 Emmy Award winning crime and social issue special “Breaking Bias: Anti-Asian Hate.’ She served as co-producer, anchor and reporter.
Cher is also on the Board of Directors and the Vice President of the historic Los Angeles Press Club– whose mission is that a free press is crucial to a free society to support, promote, and defend quality journalism in Southern California.
Cher is proud she has hosted two annual LGBT Center Telethons raising over 1 million dollars and the KTLA televised WeHo Pride parade.
Most of all, she is proud that in 2012 she created and co-produced the Emmy Award winning 3 hour special: “Help for The Philippines Telethon” raising more than $300,000 for typhoon victims in the Philippines in what was KTLA’s very first telethon in its long history.
Born and raised in New York City, Cher Calvin graduated from New York University (NYU), with a major in broadcast journalism and minor in political science with a focus on international relations.
She went to the all-girls high school: Marymount New York.
As a Filipino American, Cher Calvin has been an active advocate for the AAPI community. Through her work and public presence a the Fil-Am Art and Culture festival, she has strived to shed light on the experiences, achievements, and challenges faced by American Asians. By utilizing her platform, she has worked to promote inclusivity especially during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, diversity, and representation within the media industry and beyond.
She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two rescue dogs.
