{"id":454451,"date":"2026-10-02T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454451\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:22:10","slug":"welcome-home-brandon-walker-award-winning-journalist-returns-to-kprc-2-as-enough-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454451\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome home, Brandon Walker! Award-winning journalist returns to KPRC 2 as ENOUGH Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Award-winning journalist Brandon Walker is returning to Houston and KPRC 2 as an ENOUGH Reporter, beginning October 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Walker previously spent more than eight years at KPRC 2 as a reporter and anchor, covering major breaking news and some of the biggest stories impacting Houston and our region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Now, he\u2019s returning with a new assignment: joining ENOUGH to dig deeper into the issues affecting Houstonians, ask tough questions and seek answers on behalf of our community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cBrandon already understands Houston, but more importantly, he understands the responsibility that comes with telling the stories of this community,\u201d said Ana Lastra, KPRC 2 News Director. \u201cHe is a relentless reporter, a gifted storyteller and a journalist who knows how to ask difficult questions while never losing sight of the people affected by the answers. We\u2019re thrilled to welcome him home and have him join the ENOUGH team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A familiar face returns to Houston<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Walker first joined KPRC 2 in 2015 as a morning reporter and went on to serve in several reporting and anchoring roles during his time at the station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Most recently, Walker worked as an anchor and reporter at WWL-TV in his hometown of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">His journalism career has also included reporting and anchoring roles in Connecticut and New York, along with experience at CBS News. Walker is a graduate of Carleton College and earned his master\u2019s degree from Columbia University\u2019s Graduate School of Journalism. His work has been recognized with multiple Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the ENOUGH team<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">As an ENOUGH Reporter, Walker will focus on stories that go beyond the headline\u2014examining issues affecting Houston-area communities, seeking answers from those in positions of responsibility and continuing to follow stories as they develop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">His addition strengthens the ENOUGH team\u2019s commitment to listening to Houstonians, investigating their concerns and pursuing the questions viewers want answered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">For Walker, it\u2019s also an opportunity to return to a community that played an important role in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Brandon Walker officially returns to KPRC 2 on October 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Welcome home, Brandon.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Award-winning journalist Brandon Walker is returning to Houston and KPRC 2 as an ENOUGH Reporter, beginning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[156056,156055,94707,56,58,57,148322],"class_list":["post-454451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-award-winners","tag-emmy-winner-journalist","tag-enough","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houstons-newsmakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}