Long before the city became the sprawling, multicultural hub it is today, Melanie Lawson was already watching, listening, and learning how stories shape communities.
For more than four decades, Lawson didn’t just report Houston’s news; she bore witness to its growth, its grief, and its greatness. Now, after 43 years at KTRK, ABC13, the native Houstonian and award-winning journalist is retiring, closing a chapter that helped define local television news for generations.
“I’ve been blessed to have a long and fruitful career in my hometown because people in the Black community felt they had a voice by trusting me to listen to their truths,” Lawson said.
That trust became the foundation of a career marked not by spectacle, but by service…