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Tamala Edwards

2018, 2019 and 2022 Speaker

TAMALA EDWARDS is the coanchor of Action News Morning, on 6abc WPVI-TV. Before coming to ABC, Edwards was a staff writer at TIME magazine. During the 2000 presidential election, she covered Vice President Al Gore’s campaign. Edwards has written on a diverse number of topics including the cover story, Who Needs a Husband? on the changing dynamics surrounding love and marriage. She has written about highly charged political issues, the growing importance of women in philanthropy, the Supreme Court case of student-to-student sexual harassment, and the public debate over books on topics like modesty, race, and mental illness. Born in Georgia and raised in Texas, Edwards graduated from Stanford University with an honors BA degree in international relations. Edwards and her husband are the proud parents of two young sons.