Sharranda Neal is the News Director at News19 WLTX-TV in Columbia, S.C., leading our news coverage, news gathering process and management of storytelling across our various platforms.

She is a 1997 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with an emphasis in Broadcast Communications and a minor in English.

Sharranda began her career at the NBC affiliate in Columbia as an intern, before being hired on there as a News Producer. She joined News19 in 2007 as the original news producer for the newly formed newscast Friends@5, having helped to create the overall concept and focus of the broadcast.

In 2008, Sharranda won a Southeast Regional Emmy for her work on F@5. She later transitioned into a role on the News19 Newsroom management team.

Sharranda is married and has two children.

To reach her, you can email her at sneal@wltx.com or call (803) 776-3600 ext. 619.