The NWT Group has been busy and is very proud to congratulate the following journalists on their moves within the industry:
Marissa Torres
joins FOX Weather Network as an Evening Anchor and Meteorologist. Marissa was the Early Morning Meteorologist and Morning Traffic Anchor at WPIX in New York City.
Camila Bernal
is being promoted to CNN Correspondent from CNN Newsource Correspondent. She is based in Los Angeles.
Zulekha Nathoo
is the new Host and Producer for USA Today’s new digital series Humankind which focuses on inspiring and uplifting stories. The series can be seen on OTT on the USA Today Network. She was a Reporter at the Canadian Broadcast Company.
Nneka Faison
is the new Assistant News Director at ABC O&O WLS in Chicago. Nneka will oversee digital, including ABC 7’s new streaming newscasts, specials and storytelling. She is moving from WCVB where she was an Executive Producer for the Hearst news magazine show, The Chronicle.
Carmen Valencia
moves to Yahoo as Reporter/Producer based in Los Angeles from MMJ/Producer at KOLD in Tucson.
Johnny Archer
stays with the NBC family and moves to NBC O&O WCAU in his hometown of Philadelphia as a Reporter/Fill-In Anchor. Johnny moves from NBC O&O WTVJ in Miami where he was a Weekend Morning Anchor and Reporter.
Dave Froehlich
is the new morning anchor at KHOU in his hometown of Houston. Dave moves from a morning anchor job at KTBC in Austin.
Zach Fuentes
moves to ABC O&O KGO in San Francisco as a Reporter from KXTV in Sacramento where he was also a Reporter.
Kiara Hay
moves home to Detroit at WXYZ as a Reporter. She leaves KPHO in Phoenix where she was an MMJ.
Christine Stanwood
makes a 32 market jump to Phoenix where she will be reporting for KNXV. She moves from Oklahoma City where she reported for KOCO.
Chris Conte
signs a new agreement and continues as a National Correspondent with Scripps.
Investigative Reporter Nathan O’Neal
joins FOX O&O KMSP in Minneapolis from KOB in Albuquerque where he was also an Investigative Reporter.
Travis Cummings
jumps 69 markets to join KSDK in St. Louis as a Reporter from a Reporter/Fill-In Anchor at WRCB in Chattanooga.
Angelina Armendariz
is promoted to Morning Anchor/Reporter at Univision O&O KUVN in Dallas. She was previously a Reporter at the same station.
Kristin Walls
is the new Morning Meteorologist in her home town at Spectrum Louisville. She was previously the Chief Meteorologist at KAPP/KVEW in Kennewick, Washington.
Rachel Droze
joins WHAS in Louisville as an MMJ/Reporter from WOI in Des Moines where she was a Reporter.
Eric Garlick
is the new Chief Meteorologist at WGXA in Macon, GA. He leaves KOCO in Oklahoma City where he was the weekend morning Meteorologist.
Weekend Anchor Noelle Bellow
has been promoted and is now a 5-day a week Anchor at KRON in San Francisco, adding the noon show to her responsibilities.
Ashley Zilka
joins WTAE in her home town of Pittsburgh as a Reporter/Fill-In Anchor from reporting at KSTP in Minneapolis.
McKenna King
moves to WCMH in Columbus as a Weather Anchor. McKenna is leaving her position at a Reporter/Fill-In Weather Anchor at WFLA in Tampa.
Muriel Bailey
is named the new Evening Anchor from Weekend Anchor in Birmingham at WBMA.
John Barron
is the new Morning Anchor at WFTX in Fort Myers. He moves from WCBD in Savannah where he was a Sports Anchor and Host.
John Engel
is the Energy & Environment Correspondent at Renewable Energy World. Previously he was a Political Reporter at KXAN in Austin.
Reporter Cynthia Cano
signs a new agreement at Univision O&O KUVN in Dallas.
Chelsea Edwards
renews her contract as Reporter for FOX O&O KRIV in Houston.
Nick King
renews as Sports Reporter/Anchor at KPHO/KTVT in Phoenix.
Kelly O’Connell
renews her contract as a Morning Anchor and Host at FOX O&O KMSP in Minneapolis.
Alex Lehnert
enters into a new agreement as a Meteorologist/Reporter at FOX O&O KMSP in Minneapolis.
Rob Collins
signs another agreement as the Sports Director at WDAF in Kansas City, covering what he hopes is another great season for the Chiefs.
Ben Kaplan
renews his contract as Main Anchor at WCTV in Tallahassee.
John Hansen
signs a new agreement as Main Anchor at WICS in Springfield, IL.
Isabel Rosales
joins the CNN reporting staff as a Washington D.C.-based CNN Newsource Correspondent. Isabel moves to CNN Newsource from WFTS in Tampa where she was a Weekend Anchor and Reporter.
Bofta Yimam
joins The Black News Channel (BNC) as a Washington D.C. Correspondent and fill-in Anchor. She was freelancing for CBS NEWS before she joined the BNC team.
Jamiese Price
joins BNC as the New Orleans Correspondent, from her position as a Reporter/MMJ at WNCN in Raleigh.
Madison Carter
is part of Tegna's national investigative team “Atticus.” She will be doing investigative stories, specials and fill-in anchoring. Madison leaves WKBW in Buffalo where she served as an Anchor and Investigative Reporter.
Producer Blake Allen
moves to Atlanta as a Weekday Producer at WGCL leaving WJAX in Jacksonville as a Producer.
Peyton Yager
moves to FOX O&O KDFW in Dallas as a Reporter from KFOR Oklahoma City.
Alex Daugherty
jumps 105 markets to Sacramento at KXTV as an Assignment Editor from KERO in Bakersfield as an Assignment Editor.
Alex Bozarjian
jumps 74 markets joining the team at WXYZ in Detroit as a Reporter from WSAV in Savannah as a Reporter.
Kristin Haubrich
has been named as the “Twin Cities Live” Reporter at KSTP in Minneapolis. She moved from KDVR in Denver where she was a Reporter.
Hawker Vanguard
moves up to WJZY in Charlotte, N.C. as a Transportation Reporter from KOB in Albuquerque where he was a Reporter.
Claire Kopsky
heads to WTVF in Nashville as a Reporter/MMJ from WLEX in Lexington where she was an MMJ/Reporter.
Lauren Coleman
moves to WFMY in Greensboro to Anchor their 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM newscasts. She leaves WHBQ in Memphis where she anchored mornings.
Briana Bermensolo
heads home as the new Chief Meteorologist at KAPP in Yakima, WA from freelance Meteorologist at WRC-NBC in Washington.
Destiny Quinn
moves 118 markets to KVOA in Tucson to anchor Weekday Mornings from KAIT in Jonesboro, Arkansas as a Morning Anchor.
David Scott
is named as a Primary Anchor at KAKE in Wichita from Primary Anchor at WDRB in Louisville.
Kristen Skovira
moves to Morning Anchor at KIVI in Boise from Anchor/Reporter at KRDO in Colorado Springs.
Greg Payne
has been promoted to KCTV's new Weekend Anchor in Kansas City. He was previously an MMJ/Reporter at the station.
Emily Allen
has been promoted to Monring Traffic Anchor KDVR in Denver, from Reporter/MMJ.
Brandi Cummings
has been named the new Weekend Anchor at KCRA in Sacramento. She was a Reporter/Fill-in Anchor at the station.
Amanda Gomez
is promoted to Primary Anchor at KVOA in Tucson from Morning Anchor at the station.
Shayla Girardin
has been promoted to Meteorologist, forecasting for the Weekend Morning Newscast at KSFN in Fresno. She also continues to report for the station.
Karla Leal
enters into a new agreement as a Reporter with WSNS Telemundo in Chicago.
Bianca Castro
renews her contract as the 4:00 Anchor and Health Reporter at NBC O&O KXAS in Dallas.
Brittany Jeffers
enters into a new agreement at KPRC in Houston’s as a Reporter.
Courtney Friedman
signs a new agreement at KSAT in San Antonio as Weekend Anchor/Reporter.
Consumer Reporter Lindsay Bramson
renews her agreement at WSMV in Nashville.
Abby Turpin
renews her contract at KWWL in Cedar Rapids as a Main Anchor.
Angela Brown
has been named National Correspondent for Sinclair Broadcasting's new morning show, The National Desk. She moves from the Sinclair station in Charleston, SC.
Alexa Liacko
is a National Correspondent for Scripps based in Denver, moving from a Freelance Correspondent with the National Scripps group.
Jason Dumas
has been promoted to Sports Director at KRON in San Francisco where he was previously a Reporter/Anchor.
Brian Scott
moves to the new statewide Spectrum network in Dallas as an MMJ storyteller from WOFL in Orlando where he was an MMJ.
Eric Perry
jumps 44 markets to go to his hometown of Atlanta. Eric is an MMJ/Reporter at WAGA from weekend Anchor/MMJ in Richmond, VA.
Ty Russell
is the new Primary Anchor at WLOS in Asheville, NC. He leaves WFOR in Miami where he was a Reporter.
Pattrik Perez
has moved up to Denver at KMGH as a Reporter/MMJ from Anchor/Reporter/MMJ at KVUE in Austin.
Marlei Martinez
also moving home to Orlando to WESH as a Reporter from KCRA in Sacramento where she was also a Reporter.
Britni McDonald
joins Spectrum News Charlotte as Evening Anchor from WINK in Fort Myers where she was a Weekend Anchor.
Camila Fernandez
will be moving up 111 markets as an MMJ/Reporter at WISH in Indianapolis, IN from MMJ/Reporter at WMDT in Salisbury, MD.
Grant Stephens
jumps 86 markets to KOTV, Tulsa #58 from WIBW Topeka, Kansas market #144 where he was Weekend Anchor.
Dominique O'Neill
joins the news team in Jackson, Mississippi as reporter/mmj. He was a part time reporter in Shreveport, LA.
Erin Christiansen
returns home to join the team at KOLD in Tucson as Chief Meteorologist from the Chief Meteorologist position at WPEC in West Palm Beach.
Sarah Acosta
has been promoted to weekend morning anchor at KSAT in San Antonio from Reporter/fill-in Anchor.
Brittany Begley
adds Anchor to her title as she renews at KXTV in Sacramento where she continues to do traffic.
Scottie Hunter
is promoted to "Lead Investigative Reporter" and noon anchor from weekend anchor/reporter at awarding winning WAFB in Baton Rouge, LA.
Eric Levy
signs a new deal at Central Florida News (Spectrum) Orlando as Afternoon Anchor.
Cody Holyoke
signs a new deal as Morning Anchor KMBC in Kansas City.
Bill Schammert
signs a new agreement at KOLN in Lincoln, NE as main evening Anchor.
Meredith Helline
signs a new agreement and continues as the evening anchor at WMBF in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Nick Natario
enters into a new agreement with KTRK in Houston as an MMJ/Reporter.
Steven Romo
moves to MSNBC in New York as a freelance Anchor and Correspondent for the network. He was an Anchor and Reporter at ABC O&O KTRK in Houston.
Jamie Foster
joins CNN+, the network's new streaming service, as an Executive Producer in charge of evening programs. Jamie's career as a journalist has taken him to Miami, Dallas and Los Angeles. He has covered the Olympics in Sydney, Atlanta and Salt Lake City. He will be based in New York.
Meteorologist Jennifer Gray
renews her agreement with CNN as their Weather Anchor/Correspondent based in Atlanta.
Marie Saavedra
is named the new 4pm Anchor at CBS O&O WBBM in her home town of Chicago. She was promoted from Reporter/Fill-in Anchor at the station.
Matt Galka
joins the Christian Broadcasting Network as a Washington Correspondent. Matt will be leaving KSAZ in Phoenix where he was a Reporter.
Madeline Wright
moves to CBS O&O KYW in her home town of Philadelphia as a Reporter. She was a Reporter at WPLG in Miami.
Karina Nova
joins ABC O&O KGO in San Francisco as a Digital Anchor. Karina will be leaving WBNS in Columbus as Morning Anchor.
Faraz Javed
joins WXYZ as a Reporter in Detroit. He comes from Dubai One in Dubai, UAE where he was an Anchor, Reporter and Producer.
Peter Maxwell
is reporting at WXYZ in his home town of Detroit, moving from KHQ in Spokane where he was also a Reporter.
Eric Philips
becomes the Primary Weeknight Anchor at WRIC in Richmond from White House Correspondent at The Christian Broadcasting Network.
Greg Angel
is promoted to Evening Anchor at Spectrum News 13 Orlando. He was previously the Political Reporter at the news channel.
Collin Masters
is moving across the country and up in the producing world to join KPNX in Phoenix as a Weekend Morning Producer. He leaves WCIV in Charleston, SC where he was a 5pm Producer.
Kirsten Mitchell
is now reporting for CBS O&O WCCO in Minneapolis. She was the Weekend Anchor and Reporter at KSEE/KGPE in Fresno.
Khiree Stewart
starts the New Year at WBAL in Baltimore as Weekend Anchor/Reporter. He moves from Reporter/Fill-In Anchor at WPHL in Philadelphia.
Josh Rosenthal
has added a podcast to his duties at FOX O&O WTTG in Washington DC. Rambling and Gambling is for the novice gambler looking to dabble in the world of online sports betting.
David Williams
moves to Spectrum Louisville as an Anchor/Reporter from Reporter at WISH-TV in Indianapolis.
Emani Payne
moves within Nexstar to become an Evening Anchor/Reporter at WDKY in Lexington, KY from Reporter at WNCN in Raleigh.
Eddie Randle
is named Morning Anchor at KSN in Wichita. Eddie is leaving his position as a Reporter/Fill-In Anchor at KUSA in Denver.
Emily Burris
is promoted to Morning Anchor on KOIN in Portland. She will also continue anchoring the morning show on sister station KRCW.
Courtney Johns
jumps to KTVX in Salt Lake City as the 7pm Anchor/Nightside Reporter from Anchor/Reporter at KMTV in Omaha.
Melissa Zygowicz
moves up 33 markets to Weekend Anchor/Reporter at WDJT in Milwaukee from KTHV in Little Rock.
Morgan Mobley
advances 40 markets to KCTV in her home town of Kansas City where she will be a Reporter/MMJ. Morgan was the Weekend Anchor/Reporter at KAKE in Wichita.
Wayne Stafford
is named Noon Anchor at KOKH in Oklahoma City. He was promoted from a Reporter at the station.
Tyler Butler
is promoted to Morning Anchor from Breaking News Anchor at KTUL in Tulsa.
Alanna Quillen
enters into a new agreement as a Reporter at NBC O&O KXAS in her home town of Dallas.
Vanessa Araiza
is promoted to Weekend Evening Anchor at WFTS in Tampa. Vanessa was anchoring Weekend Mornings at the station.
Brittni Thomason
signs a new agreement as a reporter at KPHO in Phoenix.
Will Pitts
signs a new agreement as a Reporter/MSJ at KPNX in Phoenix.
Ana Rivera
renews her agreement at ABC O&O WTVD in Raleigh as a Reporter/Fill-In Anchor.
Taylor Hemness
renews his agreement to continue on as the Morning Anchor at KSHB in Kansas City.
John Paul
enters into a new contract as the Morning Anchor at WATN in Memphis. He will also continue leading Consumer Investigations at the station.
Meteorologist Stephen Morgan
joins FOX Weather as a co-host of the service’s main programming blocks. Stephen moves from FOX O&O KRIV in Houston where he served as a the Weekend Morning Meteorologist and Reporter.
Walter Morris
moves across the country as the new Los Angeles Correspondent for BNC. He comes from WSVN in Miami where he was a Reporter.
Oscar Margain
moves back to the United States as he joins the NBC O&O in Boston as a Reporter from CCTV in Beijing, where he was a Reporter and a Producer.
Matthew Torres
accepts a full-time position as a Reporter at WUSA in DC. He had been freelancing at the station.
Crystal Bui
moves to WGCL in Atlanta as a Special Projects Reporter from Reporter at KSTP in Minneapolis.
Nana-Sentuo Bonsu
heads to Detroit as a Reporter for WXYZ from WTKR in Norfolk as a Reporter.
Chris Lovingood
is the new Evening Anchor WRAL in Raleigh from Weekend Morning Anchor at WTAE in Pittsburgh.
Victoria Saha
jumps 95 markets to KLAS in Las Vegas as an MMJ/Reporter from WAOW in Wausau, WI where she was an MMJ/Reporter and Weekend Anchor.
Regina Ahn
moves to San Diego as a Reporter at KFMB from Evening Anchor at KREM in Spokane.
Kristen Aguirre
has been named Weekend Anchor and Reporter at WLOS in Ashville, NC.
Jeané Franseen
is now in Little Rock, Arkansas as an Anchor/Reporter at KATV. She came from KTAL in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Candace Scalese
moves up 35 Markets to Morning Anchor at WHP in Harrisburg, PA from from Morning Anchor at WACH in Columbia, SC.
Kori Johnson
is named the 4:00 and 5:00 PM Anchor at KSLA in Shreveport from Weekend Anchor at WCTI in New Bern, NC.
Tarvarious Haywood
lands a full time anchoring position as the 5:30 and 9pm anchor at WVLA/WGMB in Baton Rouge. He was reporting for WWMT in Grand Rapids, MI.
Nikki Sheaks
joins the meteorology team at WJHG in Panama City in her home state of Florida. Nikki moves from KJCT in Grand Junction, CO. where she was a Meteorologist.
Sarafina James
becomes a full-time Reporter at WPXI in Pittsburgh where she had been freelancing.
Hunter Sowards
has been promoted to Weekend Anchor at KUSI in San Diego from Reporter at the station.
Sanika Dange
has been promoted to Morning Anchor at WKCF, the CW affiliate and Midday Anchor on sister station WESH, the NBC affiliate in Orlando. She was promoted from the weekend evening desk on WESH.
Holly Stouffer
is promoted to Weekday Traffic Anchor/Reporter at KENS in San Antonio. She was previously an MMJ at the station.
Jesse Merrick
will anchor Weekend Sportscasts at KSNV In Las Vegas. He was reporting and filling on the sports desk at the station.
Eliecer Marte
enters into a new agreement with WNJU Telemundo in New York City. He will continue to report and fill-in on the anchor desk.
Consumer Investigative Reporter Randy Mac
has saved Los Angleses viewers nearly 4 million dollars and he will continue to fight for them as he renews his contract at KNBC.
Sasha Jones
renews her contract at the NBC O&O in Miami as a Consumer Investigative Reporter.
Sefenech Henok
renews her contract as Weekday Morning Anchor at WGNO in New Orleans.
Denise Middleton
enters into a new agreement and will continue as the Weekend Morning Anchor and Reporter at FOX O&O KRIV in Houston.
Erin Jones
renews her contract as a Reporter at CBS O&O KTVT in Dallas.
Meteorologist Justin Horne
enters into a new agreement at KSAT in San Antonio.
Andrew Capasso
renews his agreement at KOLD in Tucson as a Morning Anchor.
Janessa Webb
was named Morning Meteorologist on NBC’s Early Today.
Sandra Jones
is the new Consumer Investigative Reporter for Gray TV based out of Washington, D.C. She was previously at WVIT IN Hartford, CT as a Consumer Investigative Reporter.
Morgan Young
heads home to Texas as an Anchor/Reporter at WFAA in Dallas from the same position in St. Louis at KSDK.
Samantha Manning
renews as a National Correspondent in Washington, D.C. Bureau at the COX Bureau.
Bria Bell
goes home to Dallas as an MMJ/Reporter for Spectrum from MMJ/Reporter at WBTV in Charlotte, NC.
Seema Iyer
moves to Charlotte, NC as an Investigative/ Chief Legal Correspondent at WJZY.
Kerry Kavanaugh
enters into a new agreement as the 4pm Anchor and Investigative Reporter ar WFTX in Boston.
Cory Smith
renews his agreement as a Reporter/Anchor at the NBC O&O at WRC in Washington, D.C
Christian Colón
moves to his home town of Hartford as a Reporter at WFSB in from KRGV in McAllen TX where he was an MMJ/Reporter.
Ryan O'Donnell
joins Spectrum News Charlotte as Morning Anchor. Ryan was an overnight anchor at KRON in San Francisco.
Lauren Melendez
jumps 49 markets to WOWT in Omaha NE as a weekend Anchor/weekday Reporter from weekend Anchor/weekday MMJ at WEEK in Peoria, IL.
Chelsea Jones
jumps 84 markets and is now anchoring weekend evenings at WPRI/WNAC Providence, RI from KARD/KTVE in Monroe, LA where she started as an mmj and moved up to weekend anchor.
Danielle Avitable
is the new Weekday Morning Anchor at WOWT in Omaha.
Sean Caldwell
moves to KTBS in Shreveport, LA as a weekend Anchor/Weekday Reporter from weekday morning Anchor at WSAW in Wausau, WI.
Johnny Resendiz
graduated in May and is now working at KOTV in Tulsa as an mmj/reporter.
Andrew Lofholm
returns to West Palm Beach as Reporter at WPEC.
Sally MacDonald
enters into a new agreement as Morning Anchor at FOX O&O KRIV in Houston.
Claire Crouch
has been promoted to the Morning Anchor at WLEX-Lexington, where she was the Weekend Anchor.
Michal Higdon
has been promoted to morning weekday anchor/Investigative Reporter at WCSC in Charleston, SC.
Melanie Hunter
Traffic Anchor and Meteorologist, gains more duties with her new agreement at KCRA, adding 4-5am morning meteorology duties in addition to her Traffic Anchor role at the station.
Kasey Cunningham
enters into a new agreement with WRAL in Raleigh.