Get to know the journalists of WRAL

Get to know the journalists at WRAL.

Posted 4:56 p.m. Mar 16, 2022 — Updated 4:53 p.m. Apr 19

WRAL-TV News anchors and reporters

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Debra Morgan WRAL anchor/reporter

Debra Morgan anchors WRAL's evening newscasts. She joined the team in 1993 and previously worked in Jacksonville, FL and Toledo, OH.

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Gerald Owens WRAL anchor/reporter

Gerald Owens anchors five evening newscasts -- 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 10pm and 11pm. He came to Raleigh from a TV station in Washington, DC, in 2002.

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Dan Haggerty WRAL anchor/reporter

Dan Haggerty anchors multiple WRAL evening newscasts and hosts the In Depth news segments that explore complicated topics in thought-provoking ways. The Emmy-winner has reported at stations from Dallas to Cleveland to San Diego, and he won a prestigious Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation for his work in Portland.

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Ashley Rowe WRAL anchor/reporter

Ashley Rowe was born in LA, raised in Canada, studied media in Ontario and worked at news stations in Toronto and Buffalo before coming south to NC.

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Chris Lovingood WRAL anchor/reporter

Chris Lovingood is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning anchor for the WRAL News team. He joined WRAL in 2021 after spending three years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania covering major events, including the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting.

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Lena Tillett WRAL anchor/reporter

Lena Tillett is an evening anchor and reporter who covers women's issues, race, public health and local politics. Lena also hosts WRAL's public affairs show "On The Record" which airs Saturday evening.

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Renee Chou WRAL anchor/reporter

Renee Chou anchors WRAL's morning and noon newscasts every weekday, getting you ready for the day. She joined WRAL in 2004 as a general assignment reporter after reporting in Iowa and Missouri.

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Jeff Hogan WRAL anchor/reporter

Jeff Hogan is a WRAL morning news anchor with more than 30 years of television experience. He joined WRAL in 2018 and daily delivers our viewers the most important aspects of information to get the day started.

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Brian Shrader WRAL anchor/reporter

Brian Shrader first joined WRAL in 1996. In 2006, Brian became the Monday through Friday traffic anchor. He also joined the WRAL Severe Weather Team in 2020. Brian is a native to North Carolina.

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Ken Smith WRAL anchor/reporter

Ken Smith is an anchor/reporter, covering enterprise and general assignment stories while anchoring the morning news on WRAL and FOX50. Ken is a 20-plus year veteran of WRAL, after stops in Columbus, Ga., Savannah, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., and Portland, Ore.

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Julian Grace WRAL anchor/reporter

Julian Grace is a WRAL anchor and reporter. He's an aficionado of storytelling, and enjoys creating content that informs and enlightens.

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Michelle Mackonochie WRAL anchor/reporter

Michelle Mackonochie, a native New Yorker, is a WRAL morning anchor. She joined the WRAL team in January 2021 after spending 3 years as an anchor and reporter at WINK News in Fort Myers, Florida.

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Meghan Glova WRAL News+ anchor

Meghan Glova anchors and produces for WRAL News+. She returned to North Carolina in the summer of 2022 after spending three years as a reporter/anchor for Central Oregon Daily News. Although Oregon was her most recent stop, Meghan is from Charlotte, NC and graduated from NC State with a BS in Communications in 2018.

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Grace Holland WRAL News + anchor/producer

Grace Holland joined the WRAL News+ team in February of 2023. Although originally from Georgia, Grace is no stranger to North Carolina newsrooms. She previously worked as a reporter/anchor for WFMY in Greensboro and started her career as a reporter for WITN in Greenville. Grace graduated with a BA in Journalism from The University of Georgia in 2017.

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Keely Arthur WRAL 5 On Your Side reporter

From riots, to hurricanes, local education issues and Covid-19, I feel like I've covered just about everything here in North Carolina. Prior to my time at WRAL as a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor, I served as the lead breaking news reporter and morning show anchor at WISC in Madison, Wis.

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Gilbert Baez WRAL Fayetteville reporter

Gilbert Baez is an Emmy-award winning journalist who has been covering Fayetteville, Fort Bragg and surrounding areas for more than three decades. Gilbert also proudly served as a Ranger-qualified Combat Communications Officer in the 35th Signal Brigade at Fort Bragg.

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Monica Casey WRAL Durham reporter

Monica Casey is a Durham reporter for WRAL. She joined the team in May of 2022 after working in Tallahassee, Florida, and Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Kelsey Coffey WRAL reporter

Kelsey Coffey is a Georgia grad and Florida native who joined WRAL News in 2023.

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Willie Daniely WRAL reporter

Willie Daniely is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Atlanta native who worked for WTVG 13 ABC in Ohio before joining WRAL.

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Chelsea Donovan WRAL reporter

Chelsea Donovan joined WRAL in May of 2022 after covering crime across the state of North Carolina and Virginia. She grew up in Raleigh and thrilled to be back home.

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Will Doran WRAL state government reporter

Will Doran has won multiple NC Press Association awards for reporting on state government and politics. He joined WRAL in 2023 after working for the Sanford Herald and the Raleigh News & Observer.

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Grace Hayba WRAL health reporter

Grace Hayba covers health for WRAL News in a position made possible by funding from Duke Health and UNC Health. She is the only television reporter dedicated to health coverage in North Carolina.

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Carly Haynes WRAL reporter

Cary Haynes was a reporter and anchor at WCAV in Charlottesville, Va., before joining WRAL in 2023.

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Grace Holland WRAL News + anchor/producer

Grace Holland joined the WRAL News+ team in February of 2023. Although originally from Georgia, Grace is no stranger to North Carolina newsrooms. She previously worked as a reporter/anchor for WFMY in Greensboro and started her career as a reporter for WITN in Greenville. Grace graduated with a BA in Journalism from The University of Georgia in 2017.

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Ali Ingersoll WRAL investigative data reporter

Ali Ingersoll is WRAL's investigative data reporter. The Penn State grad has a Masters in Computational and Data Journalism, and she previously reported in Buffalo, London and State College.

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Heidi Kirk WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

Heidi Kirk studied journalism at the University of Arkansas and American University and reported from Delaware before joining WRAL.

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Brett Knese WRAL reporter

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Sarah Krueger WRAL Investigates reporter

Sarah Krueger is an investigative reporter at WRAL; prior to that, she was the station's Durham reporter for nearly seven years.

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Lora Lavigne WRAL reporter

Lora Lavigne is a morning reporter who joined the WRAL News team in 2020. She previously worked as a multimedia journalist in Lafayette, LA.

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Laura Leslie WRAL capitol bureau chief

Laura Leslie is the Capitol Bureau Chief, covering state government and politics for WRAL since 2011. She previously covered the statehouse for WUNC and has been recognized by the Washington Post as one of the best state capitol reporters in America.

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Scott Mason WRAL reporter

Scott Mason is known as WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler. He has spent nearly 40 years in television news, much of that time specializing in features.

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John Matarese Don’t Waste Your Money consumer reporter

John's informative weekly "Don't Waste Your Money" segments air on 24 TV stations including WRAL-TV and FOX 50.

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Liz McLaughlin WRAL climate change reporter

Liz McLaughlin is WRAL's Climate Change reporter, covering environmental issues

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Eric Miller WRAL reporter

Eric Miller joined WRAL in 2021, after three years reporting for WDBJ7 in Virginia. He's a graduate of Northwestern University.

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Destinee Patterson WRAL reporter

Destinee Patterson joined WRAL News as a multimedia journalist in 2023.

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Cristin Severance WRAL investigative reporter/documentary producer

Cristin Severance leads the WRAL Documentary unit as an investigative reporter and documentary producer after 20 years of working as an investigative and consumer reporter at television stations across the country, including KGW in Portland, Oregon; KTVT in Dallas, Texas; KGTV in San Diego, California; WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio; WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida; WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio; and WDTV in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

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Andy Specht PolitifactNC researcher/reporter

Andy Specht is WRAL's PolitiFact reporter and part of the NC Capitol team covering state politics. The Campbell grad previously reported for the News & Observer for nearly a decade.

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Aaron Thomas WRAL reporter

Aaron Thomas is a general assignment reporter at WRAL. Born and raised in North Carolina, he joined his hometown TV station in June 2019 and covers a wide range of topics during early evening and late newscasts.

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Emily Walkenhorst WRAL education reporter

Emily Walkenhorst is WRAL's Education Insider, covering state and local K-12 education. She graduated from the Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln and worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for seven years.

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Randall Kerr Sr. producer, WRAL Investigates

Randall Kerr is WRAL's Senior Investigative Producer. The six-time Emmy winner has worked at WRAL for nearly 30 years, producing newscasts, breaking news coverage, special broadcasts and dozens of investigative stories.

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Pritchard Strong Consumer producer

Pritchard Strong is WRAL's 5 On Your Side Producer covering consumer news and investigating consumer complaints. Pritchard has been reporting news in North Carolina since 2008 and has lived in Raleigh for more than 15 years.

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Ashley Talley Enterprise executive producer

Ashley Talley is WRAL's Enterprise Executive Producer, managing the station's specialty reporting units including Investigates, Five On Your Side, NC Capitol, PolitiFact, Data Journalism, Education, Climate Change, Sports Investigates, Documentary and Podcasting.

WRAL Weather

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Anthony Baglione WRAL meteorologist

Meteorologist Anthony Baglione joined WRAL in 2022. Anthony delivers the weather forecast for our weekend evenings and our 9am newscast on Thursdays and Fridays.

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Kat Campbell WRAL meteorologist

Meteorologist Kat Campbell joined WRAL in 2018. Kat delivers the weather forecast Monday thru Friday during our 4p, 5:30p, 7p, and 10:30p newscasts. Kat is from North Carolina and a proud graduate of NCSU.

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Elizabeth Gardner WRAL meteorologist

Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner joined WRAL in 1998. Elizabeth delivers the weather forecast during our morning and noon newscasts. She is a North Carolina native and is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and National Weather Association Seal holder.

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Mike Maze WRAL meteorologist

Meteorologist Mike Maze joined WRAL in 1994. Mike delivers the weather forecast on weekday evenings. Mike Maze is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society and an Emmy award winner.

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Aimee Wilmoth WRAL weather executive producer

Meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth joined WRAL in 2012. Aimee serves as the weather department executive producer and the 9am meteorologist Monday through Wednesday.

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Tony Rice WRAL contributor/NASA Ambassador

Tony Rice is a NASA Ambassador and occasionally joins our newscasts for anything interesting happening in space. Tony frequently writes fascinating space blogs for WRAL.com.

WRAL Sports

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Kacy Hintz WRAL Sports anchor/reporter

Kacy Hintz anchors WRAL's weekend sportscasts and Sunday's weekly show Sports Xtra on FOX 50. She joined WRAL in 2020 after stops in South Carolina and Alaska!

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Chris Lea WRAL Sports anchor/reporter

Chris Lea is a Sports anchor/reporter who joined WRAL in March 2020. Chris has over 17 years of experience in journalism, including his time in print, radio and television in the Greensboro market.

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Brian Murphy WRAL Sports investigative reporter

Brian Murphy is WRAL's Investigative Sports Reporter. He's covered politics and sports for more than 20 years in the Triangle, Washington, DC and Idaho.

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Pat Welter Multimedia sports journalist

Pat Welter is a sports reporter for WRAL. He covers high school, college and professional sports. He has won several regional Emmy awards for his storytelling. He has previously worked at television stations in Pennsylvania and Florida.

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Adam Gold Sports radio host

Adam Gold is the co-host of the Adam and Joe show on 99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio every Monday through Friday from 3-7 pm.

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Bob Holliday WRAL Sports contributor

A former sports director at WRAL-TV, Bob Holliday continues to contribute to WRALSportsFan.com and WRAL-TV.

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Nick Stevens Managing editor, HighSchoolOT.com

WRAL.com

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Mark Bergin WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Mark Bergin covers state government, business and sports for WRAL.com. He has been a reporter and digital producer in Tennessee and Florida. He is a graduate of Mizzou with a podcast about the Pittsburgh Steelers on the side.

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Heather Leah Multiplatform producer

Heather Leah is a fifth generation resident of Raleigh who uncovers hidden history for WRAL.

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Ryan Bisesi Multiplatform producer

Ryan Bisesi has experience covering news and sports across North Carolina for print, television and digital news outlets.

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Kathy Hanrahan Lifestyle editor

Kathy Hanrahan has been helping you plan your weekends with WRAL Out and About since 2011. In 2021, she was named WRAL Lifestyle Editor overseeing Out and About and WRAL's family and parenting content. Before joining WRAL in 2008, she was a journalist with the Associated Press. She is originally from Louisiana.

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Jodi Leese Glusco Director of digital content

Jodi Leese Glusco has a master's degree in journalism from Temple University and has worked in digital media at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Dallas Morning News and Bergen (N.J.) Record before coming to WRAL in 2008.

Joseph Ochoa Multiplatform producer

Joseph Ochoa has a degree in English from NC State and experience working for WRAL, WRALSportsFan and HighSchoolOT.

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Jessica Patrick Senior multiplatform producer

Jessica Patrick is the senior producer for WRAL.com in the early mornings, getting your day started with the latest news and weather.

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