Meet The Team

First Alert 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-award-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.

Rachel Polansky
Rachel Polansky
Investigative Reporter

Rachel Polansky is an Edward R. Murrow and Emmy award-winning investigative reporter at Atlanta News First.

Sports Team

Emily Gagnon
Emily Gagnon
Sports Anchor/Reporter

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

Digital Team

Catherine Catoura
Catherine Catoura
Digital Marketing Manager

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

Talgat Almanov
Talgat Almanov
Digital Content Producer

Talgat Almanov joined Atlanta News First as a Digital Content Producer in November 2022.

Jennifer Lifsey
Jennifer Lifsey
Digital Content Producer

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

Tim Darnell
Tim Darnell
Investigative Digital Content Producer

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

Miles Montgomery
Miles Montgomery
Digital Content Producer

Miles Montgomery is a Digital Content Producer for Atlanta News First and Peachtree TV.

Mariya  Murrow
Mariya Murrow
Digital Multimedia Journalist

Whether you're watching on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon, or joining the conversation on Facebook Live, Mariya is there -- keeping you in the know about what's happening in and around metro Atlanta.

Alexandra Parker
Digital Content Producer

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

Gray DC Bureau

Peter Zampa
Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist

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

Timothy Knapp
Timothy Knapp
Supervisor of Videography

Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography.

Tyler S. Smith
Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor

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

Jamie Bittner
Jamie Bittner
Multimedia Journalist

Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021.

Priscilla Huff
Priscilla Huff
Managing Editor

Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer.

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.

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.

Josh Rultenberg
Josh Rultenberg
Multimedia Journalist

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

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.

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.

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.