Emmy Award-winning journalist, Delaine Mathieu, co-anchors News 4 WOAI at 5 p.m. weekdays with Randy Beamer.
Delaine comes to San Antonio from Miami where she co-anchored the top-rated morning newscast at WSVN. During her time there, she covered some of the nation's biggest news stories including the Elian Gonzalez saga, the 2000 Presidential Election debacle, the September 11th attacks, and the deadly 2004 hurricane season.
This October, Delaine won an Emmy award for her investigative report about a security lapse at a popular children's restaurant chain. Since she's been with News 4 WOAI, Delaine has been nominated for five Emmy's and has won three Texas Associated Press awards for her reporting and anchoring. This fall, one of her reports about a rotating bed used to help save H1N1 patients was featured on the NBC show, "The Doctors."
Delaine has also been recognized several times by the community for her reports about San Antonio children. Over the years, Delaine has interviewed some of the world's most famous celebrities, including Eva Longoria-Parker, Stevie Wonder, Carrie Underwood and Tommy Lee Jones.
During Delaine's senior year at the University of Texas at Austin, she was chosen for an internship at CNN's Washington D.C. Bureau. She also interned right here at News 4 WOAI! She landed her first job at KRBC in Abilene, then KEYE in Austin where she won a Best Reporting award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters. She also picked up a Best Anchor nomination from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters during her time at KAKE in Wichita, Kansas.
Most people don't know this, but Delaine is half Venezuelan. Her mother is from Caracas, Venezuela. In her spare time, Delaine loves to workout and run. In fact, she and her husband, Shad, just competed in the Rock 'N' Roll half marathon! Delaine and Shad have two young girls and are thrilled to call San Antonio home!
E-Mail: DelaineMathieu@woaitv.com
