Elise Preston

Reporter/Weekend Daybreak Anchor

Elise Preston joined the News Channel 3 team in October, 2011.

Elise reports and co-anchors Weekend Daybreak.

Previously, she was a reporter for the CBS affiliate, KFDA in Amarillo, TX.

Before covering wildfires in the Texas panhandle, Elise worked as an assignment editor at WVEC in Norfolk, VA. Elise is a proud alumna of Hampton University in Hampton, VA.

She earned a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism from the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.

The Columbus, Ohio native is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

If you want to share story ideas with Elise, or just say hello, her email is elise.preston@wreg.com.

Recent Articles

  • Fire Guts Memphis Home, Family Without Insurance

    Posted on: 4:36 pm, May 19, 2013, by

    (Memphis) An electrical fire sparked in a utility closet is to blame for leaving a Memphis family of four without...
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  • Grizzlies Play-Off Tickets Sold Out in Hours

    Posted on: 4:21 pm, May 18, 2013, by

    (Memphis) Grizzlies tickets games three and four at the FedEx Forum went on sale Saturday, and sold out in a...
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  • Police Investigate Robbery of Two College Students

    Posted on: 12:05 pm, May 15, 2013, by , updated on: 06:16pm, May 15, 2013

    It’s the latest in a series of mob style attacks in the city
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  • Zumba Event to Help Children of Murdered Germantown Teacher

    Posted on: 5:27 pm, May 11, 2013, by , updated on: 08:51pm, May 11, 2013

    (Memphis) More than 2-hundred people grooved to the Latin beat at Holy Communion Church Saturday. Decked out in Purple, they...
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  • Memphis Police Investigate 5 Separate Shootings Within Hours

    Posted on: 1:54 pm, May 9, 2013, by , updated on: 05:25pm, May 9, 2013

    One man is dead; four others are recovering
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  • Two Arrested For Possible ID Theft Trafficking

    Posted on: 6:25 pm, May 8, 2013, by

    Police found 64 different Oregon Driver's licenses in vehicle
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  • Southaven Lawyer Charged with DUI, Police Say Guns Were in His Car

    Posted on: 6:17 pm, May 5, 2013, by , updated on: 06:18pm, May 5, 2013

    (DeSoto County, MS) Prominent Southaven lawyer, Benjamin Taylor is usually one to clean up a legal mess. Now, he’s in...
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  • Woman Beaten and Robbed of Purse Outside Store

    Posted on: 1:49 pm, May 4, 2013, by , updated on: 11:09pm, May 4, 2013

    Memphis police are searching for two men wanted in the case.
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  • National Day of Prayer in Memphis

    Posted on: 12:32 pm, May 2, 2013, by , updated on: 04:58pm, May 2, 2013

    From an east Memphis school to Tiger Lane a diverse group took part in the celebration of prayer
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  • Father of Five Murdered Outside South Memphis Home

    Posted on: 12:06 pm, May 1, 2013, by , updated on: 05:27pm, May 1, 2013

    Police hope a white truck with a shot out driver's window will lead them to the shooter
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  • Brothers Travel from Vancouver Island to Cheer on Grizzlies

    Posted on: 10:35 pm, April 28, 2013, by

    (Memphis) Ryan and Colby Babcock traveled from Vancouver Island, more than 2500 hundred miles , to see the Grizzles play...
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  • Fayette County Families Clean Up Sunday After Powerful Storm

    Posted on: 8:37 pm, April 28, 2013, by , updated on: 08:44am, April 29, 2013

    (Fayette County, TN) Sunday, families, friends, even strangers spent the day cleaning up and looking over damage after a powerful...
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