Pam Cross has been WCVB-TV's news anchor for the 6 and 11 p.m. weekend editions of NewsCenter 5 since September 1994. Cross had been, since May 1993, the anchor of the weekend edition of the Midday newscast. She is also a general assignment reporter for weekday and weeknight newscasts.

Before joining Channel 5, Cross worked as a weekend anchor/reporter for WFSB-TV, Hartford, Conn., for three years, and as a general assignment reporter for the same station for two years. In the late 1970s, Cross was a radio news reporter for WDRC in Hartford, Conn., and for WSTC in Stamford, Conn.

Cross is the recipient of numerous awards, including the YMCA Boston Black Achievers Award, honors from the Massachusetts Black Legislative Caucus, the Boston Association of Black Journalists, and was included in the 2001 class of the Boston's Academy of Women Achievers. In addition, Cross serves on the Board of Directors of the Boston YWCA.

Cross is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston. She lives in Canton, Mass., with her husband Ron Ancrum and their daughter, Erica.

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