Heather Graf
InvestigateTV+ Reporter

Heather’s career has taken her across the country over the last two decades — most recently at WJLA/ABC7 in D.C., with stops prior to that at KING 5 in Seattle, Washington and WTVF in Nashville, Tennessee, along with television stations in Asheville, NC, Macon, GA and Jacksonville, FL. Her work has been honored with numerous Emmy and Murrow awards, including wins for general assignment reporting, consumer reporting, writing, spot news, and news documentary. Heather graduated from Elon University in North Carolina. She’s originally from Charleston, South Carolina and still visits often, to see both her family and the beach.
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|By Heather Graf and InvestigateTV Staff
Doctors and caregivers use drawing and painting to help patients stay calm and engaged
Updated: Oct. 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Rebecca Knier
Communities across the U.S. are competing to attract new residents who are fully employed but can live anywhere.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
A pilot program in Baltimore is bringing nurses to a neighborhood, hoping to reinvent primary care in America.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
With this new law, parents and officials are hoping to end the confusion of breast milk being allowed into airports.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
The FDA has approved a blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, and doctors explain how it works and why it can lead to earlier detection.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
School in many districts across the country begins before sunrise, a schedule doctors say runs counter to how teenage brains are wired to sleep.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2026 at 9:52 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
The secondhand apparel market is growing. Meet a secondhand stylist based in Washington, D.C. who has turned her passion for thrift shopping into a profession.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
In recent years, you may have stared blankly at your child’s math assignment. You’re not alone.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
Students at a high school in Kentucky are checking out books at a rate librarians say they haven’t seen before. And it comes amid a districtwide cell phone ban that took effect at the start of the 2025 school year.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Shannon Weston
When parents are unable to care for their children, grandparents are often the first to step up. These arrangements are called “grandfamilies” and they often struggle to gain additional support.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
There's momentum among the younger generation to ditch smartphones for simpler phones.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Rebecca Knier
In an age of keyboards and touchscreens, should cursive still be a required skill for students?
Updated: Jun. 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Rebecca Knier
Caregiving for a loved one is not just a good deed. It’s a public health issue.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
This unique study is hoping to improve student outcomes with a little bit of income.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Shannon Weston
Many in the healthcare industry believe hospital-at-home could reshape the future of care
Updated: Jun. 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
Electric grids across America are aging, but smart meters are helping to modernize them
Updated: May 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM EDT
|By Heather Graf
Some places hope to encourage human connection by asking for your phone at the door
Updated: May 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Rebecca Knier
Meet the first patient to participate in a study that doctors say could unlock new paths to independence for people with ALS.
Updated: May 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
New adaptive deep brain stimulation system uses artificial intelligence to adjust treatment in real time
Updated: May 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Stacy Wimmer
Fewer than 1% of the 61 million in the U.S. living with disabilities are teamed with service dogs. Researchers and Canine Companions are working to get more dogs to people in need.
Updated: May 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and LeAnne Gendreau
A cancer study, called Voices of Black Women, aims to enroll 100,000 Black women across 20 states and Washington, D.C.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2026 at 6:14 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
Thrift stores are nothing new, but more shoppers are “buying in” to the concept. InvestigateTV+ takes an in-depth look at a more sustainable way to shop and how it’s reshaping the way we think retail can help the environment.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf
A bipartisan push in Congress aims to make childbirth free for Americans with private health insurance, as new data shows the financial burden of having a baby continues to grow.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM EDT
|By Shannon Weston and Heather Graf
Are cell phone bans in schools leading to a reading revival?
Updated: Apr. 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM EDT
|By Heather Graf and Rebecca Knier
Tim Evans volunteered to be the first patient to participate in a study that doctors say could unlock new paths to independence for people with ALS.



































