April Morton
VICE PRESIDENT – BROADCAST
April is a proud native Detroiter with a passion for her city! A believer in Christ, April stays true to one of her favorite bible scriptures, “I Can Do Anything Through Christ Who Strengthen Me,” (Philippians 4:13)
April is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, MI., with a BA in Speech/Communications. She has over 10 years of broadcast experience in both the small and large markets. April started her career as an intern for WJBK FOX-2 news. During her time there she left such a good impression, the Assistant News Director hired her shortly after as an Assignment Desk Editor, where she worked for 5 years.
While in school, she worked as a News Room Assistant at WLNS TV-6 in Lansing, Michigan, where she did everything from news writing, editing, and running the assignment desk.
After a short time as a traffic/news reporter for I-heart radio, more recently, April has been living her dream of being in front of the camera. She started her Reporting career at a local cable news station in metro Detroit, and after just 6 months moved up to a medium broadcast market at WNEM TV-5 in Saginaw, Michigan.
In less than 2 years she worked her way home to Detroit, and since November 2019 has been a Reporter/Multi Skilled Media Journalist for CW50 a CBS owned station in Detroit. You can catch her doing what she loves weeknights at 10.
April enjoys traveling and spending time with her Husband and two children. To keep up with April, follow her on instagram @aprilmortontv as well on facebook and twitter!