Aimee Cho is a general assignment reporter for News4.
Cho grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, where she wanted to be a journalist from a young age. She attended Langley High School then Cornell University. Cho wrote for the Cornell Daily Sun and for Ithaca College's student-run TV station.
After being accepted into the prestigious Emma Bowen Foundation Internship Program, Cho spent three summers at NBC4 working in various departments, including the newsroom. At the conclusion of her participation in 2016, NBC4 hired her to be a multimedia journalist.
During her time at NBC4, Cho has won three awards for her work as a multimedia journalist, shooting, writing and editing stories. One was an EMMY from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and two others were awarded by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters. Cho also earned an EMMY for a profile of a beloved Bethesda football coach with Down syndrome.
Cho is very involved in the Asian American Journalists Association. She currently lives in Chevy Chase.
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‘Deplorable condition': DC sues landlord over buildings where residents report mold, rats, insects
Residents of two rent-controlled D.C. apartment complexes say they’ve been dealing with mold, mice, rats, insects and no air-conditioning — and now the District’s attorney general is suing the apartments’ owner and business partner.
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DC attorney general sues landlord over ‘horrific' housing conditions
Residents of two rent-controlled D.C. apartment complexes say they’ve been dealing with mold, mice, rats, insects and no air-conditioning — and now the District’s attorney general is suing the apartments’ owner and his business partners. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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2 teen girls go to trial for beating death of 64-year old DC man with disabilities
Two teenage girls went to trial for second-degree murder Thursday, accused of randomly beating a D.C. man with disabilities to death last fall. Reggie Brown, 64, was taking a walk on Georgia Avenue in October when a group of five girls allegedly attacked him unprovoked, prosecutors said in opening statements. One of those girls took cellphone video of the attack…
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Doctors soon required to tell mammogram patients about breast density
Soon, doctors must tell their mammogram patients if they have dense breast tissue, a factor that can make it harder to detect breast cancer and put them at greater risk for cancer. The Food and Drug Administration released new standards in March of 2023 in an effort to help more women detect breast cancer sooner. The FDA gave providers until…
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Montgomery County high schooler in critical condition after being shot at Urbana gathering
A Montgomery County high school student has been fighting for his life for weeks after someone shot him at a gathering in July. A girl at the party tells News4 Chase Lancaster stepped in front of her to shield her when the gunfire broke out. When he first arrived at the hospital after being shot, he was so badly injured,…
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‘Racism is still alive': Man says Chick-fil-A printed racial slur on meal label instead of name
When Marquise Vanzego got his food from the La Plata Chick-Fil-A drive-thru last Friday, he was shocked by the racist name printed on the label. The Charles County man says he the label he received had the word “monkeys” printed instead of his name.
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Boy, 12, accused of 5 Maryland car dealership break-ins but police can't charge him
A 12-year-old boy has repeatedly broken into car dealerships in Montgomery County, police sources tell News4. But police can’t charge him because of a juvenile justice law. Only on 4, surveillance video shows the boy jumping through a window, rifling through offices and getting behind the wheel of a van. In some cases, the boy has managed to drive off…
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TikTok food critic Keith Lee boosts business at Virginia restaurants
A TikTok food critic with millions of followers demonstrated how he can make or break a restaurant with a single video when he visited the D.C. area this week. Las Vegas native Keith Lee stopped by Okonomi Asian Grill — also known as the “Asian Chipotle” for its custom rice bowls — in Fairfax, Virginia, and business has been booming….
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New exhibit celebrates historic Alexandria Library sit-in
A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black men organized a sit-in at the library. As they expected, staff called police and had the men arrested for daring to read at a whites-only library….
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Ward 8 residents saddened, frustrated after Trayon White's arrest
The arrest of Ward 8 Council member Trayon White on a federal bribery charge sparked mixed reactions in Ward 8, with some residents saying they’ll still support him and others arguing that locals deserve better. “Right or wrong or indifferent, Imma still support him,” one woman said outside the Giant grocery store on Alabama Avenue SE that White helped keep…
