Donna Britt to retire from WAFB

WAFB-TV anchor Donna Britt will retire later this month after nearly 38 years of work at the news station, the station announced this afternoon.

Britt, who began working at WAFB in 1981, has been the face and voice leading Baton Rouge audiences through countless major news events, while helping make the station’s 10 p.m. newscast one of the most watched evening newscasts in the country.

Britt told viewers she is battling ALS last year and announced she would stop anchoring the station’s 10 p.m. newscast in order to spend more time with her family.  

She’s received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters and was twice named Communicator of the Year by the Public Relations Association of Louisiana.  

Britt has also been active in fundraising for breast cancer research including participating in Susan G. Komen event and served as a member of Salvation Army’s Community Board for 17 years.

Her last day anchoring the 6 p.m. newscast will be Wednesday, June 13. Read the full story.