Experience
WTSP-TV 10 Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla.
5:00 p.m. Anchor, January 2022 - present
General Assignment Reporter, Weekend Morning Anchor, July 2017 - December 2021
Photo by Rickey Kim
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Reported extensively on Hurricane Irma's impact to Florida's Gulf coast and the hunt for the Seminole Heights serial killer.
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Awarded an Emmy in 2018 for his general assignment reporting by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast chapter.
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Played key role in re-launch of WTSP's weekend morning newscasts, growing viewership by 400%.
WXMI-TV FOX 17 Grand Rapids, Mich.
GA/Political Reporter, Weekend Evening Anchor, July 2014 - June 2017
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Regional Emmy nomination for general assignment reporting, 2017
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Lead reporter and editor for station's political coverage at both the state and national level.
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Routinely covered breaking news, from the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court victory for MI plaintiffs in the national gay marriage fight to an officer involved shooting.
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Provided national live shots in primetime for FOX News Channel's Greta Van Susteran and Neil Cavuto during Michigan's record Nov. 2014 snowfall.
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Use mobile video, Twitter and web throughout day-to-day coverage, including prior experience in print to offer an online news product rivaling print media in quality and depth.
2010 - present
2010 - present
WILX-TV 10, Lansing, Mich.
GA Reporter/Fill-in anchor, May 2013 - June 2014
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Turned daily news packages covering a wide range from hard spot news, to breaking events and feature-items on a variety of topics; ensuring coverage of not just events, but effects.
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Regularly filled in to anchor the station's early morning and evening weekend newscasts.
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Never failed to meet a deadline.
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Mich.
- Journalism with an additional major in political science
Education
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Graduated May 2013