Meet The Team

First Alert Weather Team

Jennifer Valdez
Jennifer Valdez
Chief Meteorologist

Jennifer Valdez is the chief meteorologist for Atlanta News First. She has been at Atlanta News First since 2008.

Ella Dorsey
Ella Dorsey
Meteorologist

Ella joined Atlanta News First in early 2016 as a weekend meteorologist.

Fred Campagna
Fred Campagna
Meteorologist

Fred joined the Atlanta News First First Alert Weather team in 2019 after spending the first part of his career in New England.

Rodney Harris
Rodney Harris
Meteorologist/Traffic Anchor

Rodney Harris is a meteorologist and traffic anchor for Atlanta News First.

Cutter Martin
Cutter Martin
Meteorologist

Cutter joined the First Alert Weather Team in March 2022 following six years at Atlanta News First's sister station WTOC.

Courteney Jacobazzi
Courteney Jacobazzi
Meteorologist/Traffic Anchor

Courteney Jacobazzi joins the First Alert Weather team as our traffic anchor/ meteorologist.

Patrick Pete
Patrick Pete
Meteorologist

Patrick comes to the Peach State after 3 years at Maryland's Most Accurate WMAR in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was the evening meteorologist.

Investigative Team

Brendan Keefe
Brendan Keefe
Chief Investigator

Brendan Keefe is the Peabody, duPont, National Murrow & National Emmy winning Chief Investigator of Atlanta News First Investigates.

Lindsey Basye
Lindsey Basye
Executive Producer of Investigations

Lindsey Basye is an 2x Edward R. Murrow and 13x Emmy award-winning investigative journalist at Atlanta News First.

Harry Samler
Harry Samler
Consumer Investigative Reporter

"Better Call Harry" is a consumer investigative reporter who joined Atlanta News First in 2005.

Ciara Cummings
Ciara Cummings
Investigative Reporter

Ciara Cummings is an Emmy-winning journalist who earned her bachelor's degree in Mass Communications with a concentration in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Florida.

Andy Pierrotti
Andy Pierrotti
Investigative Reporter

Andy is an award-winning investigative reporter with a background in reporting on the criminal justice system.

Sports Team

Baillie Burmaster
Baillie Burmaster
Sports Director

Baillie Burmaster is the sports director for Atlanta News First.

Emily Gagnon
Emily Gagnon
Sports Anchor/Reporter

Emily Gagnon joined the Atlanta News First Sports Team in January 2017.

Digital Team

Jason Braverman
Jason Braverman
Digital Content Manager

Jason Braverman is the Digital Content Manager at Atlanta News First.

Catherine Catoura
Catherine Catoura
Digital Marketing Manager

Catherine Catoura is the digital marketing manager for Atlanta News First and Peachtree TV.

Jordan  Barela
Jordan Barela
Digital Executive Producer

Jordan Barela is the digital executive producer for Atlanta News First.

Mariya  Murrow
Mariya Murrow
Multimedia Journalist/ANF+ Executive Producer

Mariya is a multimedia journalist and the executive producer of ANF+

Tim Darnell
Tim Darnell
Investigative Digital Content Producer

Tim Darnell is the Investigative Digital Content Producer for Atlanta News First.

Hope Dean
Hope Dean
Digital Content Producer

Hope Dean is a digital content producer with Atlanta News First. She previously reported for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fresh Take Florida.

Jennifer Lifsey
Jennifer Lifsey
Digital Content Producer

Jennifer Lifsey is a Digital Content Producer for Atlanta News First.

Ellie Parker
Digital Content Producer

Ellie Parker joined Atlanta News First as a Digital Content Producer in July 2022.

Josh White
Josh White
Digital Content Producer

Josh White joined Atlanta News First as a digital content producer in November 2023 after several years working for Gray Television’s Digital Content Center.

ATL Live Team

Becky Sattero
Becky Sattero
ATL Live Show Host

Becky Sattero joins WANF from Savannah, where she co-hosted two lifestyle shows for WTOC called Afternoon Break and, most recently, Morning Break.

Jobina Fortson-Evans
Jobina Fortson-Evans
ATL Live Show Host

Jobina Fortson-Evans is an accomplished journalist, recognized with multiple Emmy and Associated Press Awards.

Gray DC Bureau

Jon Decker
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor

Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995.

Peter Zampa
Peter Zampa
Senior National Correspondent, based in NYC

Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.

Brendan Cullerton
Brendan Cullerton
Multimedia Journalist

Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee.

Rhyan Henson
Rhyan Henson
Anchor and Multimedia Journalist

I started working at Gray TV’s Washington D.C. bureau in May of 2023. I found my calling for news while attending Butler University during the Ferguson Riots after the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. During the chaotic times is when I realized how facts and storytelling can really impact a community.

Molly Martinez
Molly Martinez
Multimedia Journalist

Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D.

Ashonti Ford
Ashonti Ford
Multimedia Journalist

Ashonti Ford joined Gray Television in August of 2023. Ford is a well-traveled watchdog journalist who has worked for newsrooms around the nation, including; Tampa, Kansas City, Decatur, Wichita and Salisbury.

Stetson Miller
Stetson Miller
Multimedia Journalist

Stetson Miller joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in February 2023 as a multimedia journalist after working at WTOP, WJZ in Baltimore and WCBD in Charleston, SC.

Josh Rultenberg
Josh Rultenberg
Multimedia Journalist

Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist.

Annie Andersen

Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. Before that she worked at local stations in Louisiana and Virginia.

Joshua Crompton

Joshua worked at several local stations before moving to Washington, D.C.. There he launched a national morning show, "The National Desk" for Sinclair. He now works as a producer for the Gray Washington News Bureau.

Leah Vredenbregt

Leah Vredenbregt joined the Gray Washington Bureau team in June 2023 as a weekend producer. She is a recent University of Missouri grad who worked for three years in mid-Missouri news, with internships across the country in both local and national news outlets.

Michael Estrabillo
Michael Estrabillo
Video Journalist

Michael is a born and raised Ohioian who got his photojournalism start at his alma mater Ohio University working for PBS in 2007. He has gone on to work for several media outlets both locally and nationally, shooting award winning news and documentary stories, garnering him an Emmy and Edward Murrow award.

Tyler S. Smith
Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor

Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.

Sarah Meklir
Sarah Meklir
Production Assistant

Sarah Meklir joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2023 as a production assistant after working as an intern for the DC Bureau in the summer of 2023. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Maryland.