Pamela Watts is a veteran journalist and native Rhode Islander who has served the public on local airwaves her entire career. In 2021, she became host/reporter of the news magazine program, “Rhode Island PBS Weekly,” where she was recently honored with a New England Emmy Award for reporting and producing.
Pamela began her professional journalism career at age 19 on WPRO Radio, followed by stints at WBZ and WRKO in Boston. She first appeared on television as an anchor and reporter for the ground-breaking Local Cable News, owned by The Providence Journal. In broadcast television, Pamela was an anchor and reporter for WLNE-TV in Providence where she was twice awarded the Emmy for best anchor in all of New England. She was recently honored with another New England Emmy for reporting and producing a story for Rhode Island PBS Weekly. Pamela also helped launch Rhode Island’s first National Public Radio (NPR) station, WRNI as an anchor reporter for One Union Station. In addition, she was a morning anchor and reporter for WPRI-TV 12 in Providence.
Other awards include first-place honors for reporting from The Associated Press, the National Federation of Press Women, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Pamela received the Rhode Island Commission on Women’s Hope Award for leadership, URI’s Distinguished Achievement Award, and the Emmy Silver Circle Award from NATAS. She was also inducted into the Rhode Island Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
