Randy Beamer is the Emmy Award-winning weekday 5, 6 & 10 p.m. co-anchor and a photojournalist for News 4 WOAI.
He still loves to grab his camera and shoot his own stories as often as possible.
Beamer has shot and reported for News 4 WOAI from all over the country and even around the world, focusing on all kinds of stories involving -- and important to -- South Texans.
He added a bulletproof vest to his gear in Iraq for a series of reports and an hour-long, commercial-free documentary on the many San Antonians who run the biggest hospital in Iraq.
In Sri Lanka he took viewers into the devastation of the tsunami and the work of San Antonians in the relief efforts.
He flew with a medical team into hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. And he's gone deep into Mexico to look at exactly what drives people to cross illegally into the U.S.
He also volunteers as a popular speaker and emcee at dozens of community fundraisers.
Beamer was a National Merit Scholar at Drake University. He also briefly attended the USC Film School in L.A.
For several years, the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters have recognized him as one of the top anchors in Texas. He's won two
Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, along with many others over the years for reporting, anchoring, photography and commentary.
And he'd rather you just call him "Beamer."
E-mail Beamer:
randybeamer@woaitv.com
