Timyka Artist

General Assignment Reporter for Channel 11 News at 11, Fox 53 News at 10 and PCNC News

Timyka arrived at WPXI in November of 2006 as a General Assignment Reporter. Experienced with the media since an early age, Timyka has worked in a variety of locations.

After working as an intern for KYW News in her hometown of Philadelphia, she went on to be the Executive Producer for “Radio Times”, an award winning call-in talk show on WHYY-FM in Philly. She spent a summer as an Associate Producer for Talk of the Nation in Washington D.C. as well as producing, reporting, and hosting for Tri-State Media News in New Castle, Delaware, Berks County News in Reading, Pennsylvania, WUPW-TV in Toledo, Ohio, and WTAE-TV here in Pittsburgh.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Timyka graduated from Cedar Grove Christian Academy. From there she pursued a degree from Temple University, graduating from the Television and Film program.

When she is not on the street reporting news, she is involved with a number of charities and associations including the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the American Cancer Society, Sojourner House and the Organization of Chinese Americans, the YWCA and the National Association of Black Journalists.

She was recently honored as a Woman of Excellence by The New Pittsburgh Courier and was also chosen as one of Pittsburgh’s Fifty Finest by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Some of her most challenging and memorable work in news includes the LA Fitness Shootings, the 2009 Stanley Cup Championships, and the 2008 Presidential Elections.

“It is a blessing to be able to do what I love everyday,” says Timyka. “Working in a city as wonderful as Pittsburgh makes a great job even greater!”