Ann Pierret is an Award-winning Investigative Reporter at KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She came to Albuquerque from WJRT in Flint, MI. Within months of joining the KRQE news team, Ann applied and was accepted to participate in the U.S. Department of Justice’s FBI Citizens Academy. The 10-week program dove deep into how the federal agency operated, providing Ann with key insights for future stories and helping her create valuable relationships within the department. The feds play a large role in New Mexico, so she thought the Academy was a valuable opportunity she should pursue and she was right. Agents presented their individual units to the class, detailed cases and answered any and all questions. What Ann learned has helped her contribute to the daily work of her newsroom -- by informing her stories, directing her approach to breaking news and creating her relationship with the FBI. Ann also gained credibility with the agency and other federal partners they work closely with because she took the time to participate. 

Ann has garnered numerous accolades. Her latest are two New Mexico Association of Broadcasters awards for Investigative Reporter of the year in New Mexico and the category of Community Issue Programming. Ann’s mantle also includes 4 Emmy nominations. She was the 2023 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award Nominee for Crime/Justice News for her coverage of the “Syed Family's History of Violence". In June of 2022 she was the winner of 2 Michigan Emmys in the categories of Crime, Politics/Government. One of Ann’s stories was also featured on an episode of 20/20. Other nominations include Continuing Coverage and Societal Concerns. As a member of IRE, she won several awards for her in-depth story coverage, including 3 Michigan Association of Broadcasting awards and an Edward R. Murrow regional award for feature reporting. 

Since joining the team in Albuquerque, Ann has been able to do deep dives into illegal activity in the community, detailing the police efforts to recover stolen gear from a patrol car. She's also ridden along with feds to expose migrant smuggling that's led to an increase in human stash houses in Albuquerque.  Ann learves no stone unturned.

 Ann quickly learned the power of journalism first-hand whileworking in Lansing, covering the beginning of Flint’s water crisis. She saw the way she and her colleagues were able to shine a light on a hidden injustice, giving a voice to those who were easily overlooked. She then knew she needed to see the crisis through, in the Flint TV market. In covering the crime and investigative beats, she's always speaking to citizens impacted by the crisis or following the dozens of criminal charges and civil suits tied to its fall-out. She’s shared the heartache of families who’ve lost loved ones to gun violence, like the young son of a security guard shot and killed after asking a customer to put on a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. She’s also covered high-profile police investigations, like the arrest and trial of an accused cannibal.

Ann went to Fordham University in the Bronx, NY where she was an Edward A. Walsh scholar. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Media Studies in TV/Radio, a minor in Theology, and an honors concentration in American Catholic Studies. She isalso a graduate of Poynter’s TV Power Reporting Academy. Ann studied abroad in Sydney, Australia through Boston University, interning at The Checkout through the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ann started her career as a production intern for CBS This Morning in New York.