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Gale Weathers is a news reporter for the fictional news show Top Story. Prior to the events of the film, she was involved in coverage of the murder of Maureen Prescott and the resulting trial of Cotton Weary, during which she was critical of the testimony provided by Sidney Prescott. In Scream she returns to Woodsboro to cover the current murder spree. During the finale of the film, her cameraman Kenny is murdered and she is left for dead following a car crash. She is later revealed to be alive and witnesses the admission of Billy Loomis and Stu Macher about their role in the killings. She helps Sidney defeat Billy and after the events of the film, writes a new book concerning the Ghostface killings. In Scream 2 she travels to Windsor College to cover the current murder spree, later witnessed the apparent death of Dewey before she herself is shot by Mickey, one of the killers. She survives and helps Sidney to kill Mickey. In Scream 3, she is shown to have written another book, this time about the Windsor College killings. She travels to Hollywood after a new series of murders begin. At the end of the film, Dewey asks Gale to marry him and she accepts. In Scream 4, Gale has married Dewey, becoming Gale Riley, and gone on to write a series of novels about the Ghostface killings which have been turned into new installments in the fictional "Stab" series of films. Attempting to reignite her journalism career she investigates the new murders but is attacked and badly wounded by the new Ghostface. She resolves her differences with Dewey and the two agree to work on their relationship.

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