Draft:Emilie Ikeda

Emilie Ikeda is a television news correspondent for NBC, reporting across the NBC News and MSNBC platforms. Ikeda joined NBC in 2021 after working as a reporter for FOX affiliate WAGA in Atlanta.

A native of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, Ikeda attended American University. She has worked as a multi-media journalist and junior reporter at Philadelphia FOX affiliate WTXF; and as a multimedia journalist, anchor and producer for independent station WDVM in Hagerstown, Maryland, before joining Atlanta-based FOX affiliate WAGA in 2019. Among other topics, she has reported on the 2020 election, the COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, protests against racial injustice and police brutality, Georgia's gubernatorial and Congressional races, Bill Cosby's retrial, Hurricane Florence, and the Parkland school mass shooting.

Ikeda is Japanese-American. Her grandfather was interned at Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona during World War II. In February 2023, Ikeda broke down in tears in front of cameras as she paid her respects to her grandfather in segment aired on the Today show.