Abbey Niezgoda is a multimedia journalist with a passion for working both behind and in front of the camera. She shoots, edits, reports and enterprises her own stories for WLNE-TV ABC6 in Providence, Rhode Island.

From city budget problems to the Boston Marathon, Abbey produces hyperlocal content on a deadline. Her work as a reporter/photographer has been featured on the homepage of CNN.com, receiving over 200,000 views. She’s also been published in the Boston Globe, and produced video content for boston.com.

Abbey was an anchor/reporter for WERS 88.9 FM, providing news updates every half hour during the morning and afternoon commutes. She also produced long form pieces for You Are Here, a weekly public affairs show on WERS.

Abbey has won several New England Associated Press awards for her work on Emerson’s student run news station, EIV News, including investigative and breaking news reporting. Her investigative report shed new light on the controversial relationship between Boston firefighters and the current mayor. Her contributions to EIV News have led the station to win the Emmy for Best College Newscast three years in a row.

Abbey has completed internships at WBZ-TV and WHDH-TV in Boston, and was selected as a college fellow at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. She was recently awarded the President’s Scholarship by the Radio Television Digital News Association, and was the only college journalist invited to attend the NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Abbey graduated from Emerson College. When she doesn’t have a tripod on her back, she has her iPhone in her pocket, eager to take on new roles as a journalist.