Chenue Her just joined the Local 5 News team in Des Moines as the first-ever Hmong male news anchor in the country.
They say that hindsight’s 20/20. There’s no way I could have known eleven years ago that the young man co-hosting a college television broadcast with me was going to make American history as the first-ever Hmong male news anchor, and yet here we are and now he has.
“First day anchoring at We Are Iowa Local 5 News is a wrap and Y’ALL… I ALMOST CRIED ON AIR!” Minnesota native Chenue Her shared on his public Facebook account Monday. “Des Moines, I’m so happy to call you home and be a part of this community.”…