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Kate Merrill is a general assignment reporter for CBS4 News on CBS4. She joined the station in March 2004 after reporting for WNBC-TV in New York.Merrill began her career as a college intern at WCBV-TV in Boston. Upon graduating she moved to upstate New York to report for WICZ-TV and WIVT-TV. In 1998 Merrill started working as an anchor and reporter for WKRN-TV in Nashville, TN. During her time in Nashville, she received an Emmy Award for her role in covering the tornado that hit Tennessee in 1999. That same year Merrill also received two awards for her investigative reporting. After spending five years at WKRN, she returned to the Northeast to work for WNBC-TV in New York.Merrill is a graduate of Lafayette College and holds a bachelor of arts degree in government and law. In addition to her reporting duties she works with the American Heart Association and YMCA.Originally from Carlisle, MA, Merrill’s great grandfather was editor of the Boston Globe. She currently resides on Cape Cod where she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter.CBS4 is a member of The Viacom Television Stations Group, a unit of Viacom Inc., one of the world’s largest entertainment and media - more available