One of Texas’ most familiar voices signed off for the last time this week. ABC13’s Melanie Lawson, a pioneeringjournalist whose presence has shaped Houstonnews for more than four decades, announced her retirement.
With her retirement, she is closing a chapter that began with a lucky accident and ended with a legacy that stretched far beyond the newsroom.
Lawson, whose warmth, reporting instincts, and deep communityroots made her one of the most trusted journalists in the region, used her finalbroadcast to look back on what she called an “extraordinary journey.”
A Career That Almost Happened by Mistake
Lawson walked into ABC13 as a collegeintern in 1974. She didn’t expect to end up on television — and certainly not on her first assignment…