{"id":382684,"date":"2026-07-22T18:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382684\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:02:36","slug":"tv-reporter-erin-heft-joins-dallas-wfaa-for-dream-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382684\/","title":{"rendered":"TV reporter Erin Heft joins Dallas’ WFAA for ‘dream position’"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Texans might notice a new face on WFAA-TV<\/a> (Channel 8) this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new chapter begins today!\u201d Erin Heft wrote in a\u00a0Facebook post<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Heft is a Texas native who comes to Channel 8 from\u00a0KCRA 3 in Sacramento, where she was a morning news reporter and fill-in anchor. She spent five years at the station, where she first interned in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Heft announced her departure from Sacramento for her \u201cdream position\u201d in Dallas via Instagram<\/a> in late June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years ago, I arrived in Sacramento with a car packed with everything I couldn\u2019t live without, knowing a handful of people, and having landed a job in my dream newsroom full of some of the most talented people in the industry,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis week, I leave with a heart full of gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heft told viewers she was “filled with grief” but excited for the next chapter in her career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought this day would come,\u201d Heft said on KCRA 3. \u201cDallas is very close to my family and it is a massive jump in news markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heft received scores of comments on her post from admirers.<\/p>\n

\u201cErin – you covered so many stories in Sacramento,\u201d one\u00a0commenter wrote. \u201cYour professionalism and heart will always be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heft covered wildfires, snowstorms and Sacramento’s K Street shooting in her time at KCRA 3. She graduated from Arizona State University\u2019s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2019. She spent almost three years working with E.W. Scripps Co. as a multimedia journalist and fill-in anchor before returning to KCRA 3 in 2021.<\/p>\n

At Channel 8 in Dallas, Heft will work as a reporter on the day shift\u00a0Tuesday through Friday and at night on Saturday, according to a spokeswoman for the station.\u00a0<\/p>\n