Anchor, KHOU 11 News

Native Houstonian Mia Gradney is an Emmy Award-winning talent and the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. anchor at KHOU 11 News in Houston, Texas.

For two decades, Mia has covered everything from historic hurricanes to major Hollywood red carpet events and national sports championships. She specializes in breaking news/continuous coverage and special events with interests in women empowerment/job readiness, health & wellness and sports entertainment.

One of her defining career moments came when she navigated Houstonians through one of our nation’s most catastrophic natural disasters, Hurricane Harvey, with almost 138 non-stop hours of airtime despite the flooding and evacuation of KHOU 11’s building. The breaking news coverage was later recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Award.

More recently Mia anchored the CBS Evening News. Easter weekend 2020 she delivered and delicately balanced troubling Coronavirus Pandemic headlines with hopeful news lifting spirits across the country.

During more celebratory times, Mia journeyed to Los Angeles, for Game 6 of the 2017 World Series, to report on her hometown Houston Astros historic quest to become World Champions. She has also field-anchored, live from NRG Stadium, two Houston Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXXVII and Super Bowl LI.

Mia exercises her talent behind the scenes too as a producer. In honor of Dress for Success Houston’s twentieth anniversary Mia and a small team at KHOU 11 produced A Common Thread. The hour-long documentary special follows three remarkably diverse women and their personal journeys of hard-work, heartache, happiness and healing.

Mia is a proud alumna of Sam Houston State University with a degree in Radio/Television/Film and a specialty track in broadcast news. In 2016, the university honored and inducted her into its Distinguished Alumni Society. She is also a past inductee into the school’s Dan Rather Hall of Fame.

Other professional awards and honors include: Lone Star Emmy Awards for two half-hour magazine special programs, an environmental series and special events coverage. In addition, Mia has received Lone Star Emmy nominations for a special medical report and a half-hour employment special.

Mia’s passion for journalism is matched by her incredible generosity of spirit and commitment to community. She volunteers for a variety of organizations and special causes including female empowerment, pediatric cancer research & awareness and childhood literacy.

Mia is a recipient of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Hospital’s Karen Harrison Service Award for her work with the hospital’s education program. Some of her other proud accomplishments and positions include co-founding Women of Wardrobe, Dress for Success Houston’s young professionals group. She is also a continuing education instructor for Dress for Success Houston’s client based professional women’s group and an Advisory Council member for the nonprofit organization suiting up women for success.