Kalea Gunderson is an Emmy Award-nominated Reporter for WSYX/WTTE in Columbus, Ohio. She joined the ABC 6 and Fox 28 News team in August 2019. She first reported for ABC 6's newly launched 7:00 p.m. newscast, Good Evening Columbus. In April 2020, she joined the evening crew to also report for Fox 28 News at 10:00 p.m. and ABC 6 News at 11:00 p.m.

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She is a general assignment reporter, following various stories ranging from crime, politics, public health, education, etc. In the summer and fall of 2020, she covered civil unrest in Columbus, which sparked a continued push for police reform. She was a part of ABC6's election coverage and remains very active in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and it's impact on Ohioans.

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In March 2020, Kalea spent several days in Nashville, Tennessee assisting WSYX's sister station, WZTV in its coverage of an EF-3 tornado that swept through parts of Middle Tennessee. Before moving to Columbus, Kalea reported for WCHS/WVAH - the ABC and Fox affiliate in Charleston/Huntington, West Virginia. While there, she was sent to Dayton, Ohio to assist WCHS's sister station, WKEF/WRGT in covering the aftermath of an EF-4 tornado that hit the southeast region of the state.

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In Charleston she was part of her station's coverage of the impeachment proceedings of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, two statewide teacher strikes, and communities in both West Virginia and Ohio, considered to be the epicenter of the opioid crisis. She became immersed in the community she grew up in through her coverage of a deadly flood in June 2016. It impacted communities throughout the state, killed 23 people, displaced hundreds, and destroyed businesses and schools. She also covered the state legislature extensively during it's 60-day session and periodically throughout the year.

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She graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism, and a minor in political science.

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During her senior year at WVU, she jump started her career in journalism as a weekend reporter at WDTV, the local CBS affiliate in Clarksburg, West Virginia. 

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Her interest in broadcast journalism was sparked at a young age when local news anchor, Natalie Tennant went to her home to do a feature story on her dad (an interesting/funny story to say the least). She remembers being so captivated as she watched her dad's interview air on the evening news. From that point, her interest in news grew and eventually transformed into a passion for storytelling and covering history in the making.