Toya Washington is an American broadcaster who currently serves as a co-anchor for the 5 p.m. newscast at WISN television in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Previously, Toya Washington was a co-anchor for the 6 p.m. newscast and co-anchor for 12 News This Morning. Toya Washington was born on October 6, 1984, in Minneapolis, Wisconsin. She has always had a strong interest in journalism and interned at WCCO-TV while in high school. Toya Washington went on to become an Emmy Award winner and four time nominee for reporting breaking news. Toya, who was born in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in journalism and women’s studies.
Washington has interviewed many national figures including Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, news anchor Walter Cronkite, Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl and the ladies from the television show The View. Oprah Winfrey once commented about Toya (at the Freedom Fund Reception for the NAACP Waukesha Branch), noting that she was a woman that was going places. Toya Washington is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists and, in 2015, was chosen Wisconsin Journalist in Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Toya has a husband, Brian, and two children, both daughters, named Alivia and Maya; the family currently resides in Pewaukee.
