Meet The Team

News Team

Neil Middleton

VP/General Manager, WYMT

Neil is a Harlan County native. His broadcasting career spans more than 40 years serving the people of Eastern Kentucky.

Jennifer K. Perkins

News Director, WYMT

Jennifer joined the WYMT News team in April of 2022 and was promoted to news director in February 2023.

Steve began his full-time career at WYMT in 1999 but even before that, he was a high school and college intern. He’s held almost every title in the newsroom and became managing editor in 2023 after ten years in the role of news director.

Phil Pendleton

Reporter, WYMT/WKYT

Phil started at WKYT in 2003. He covers the southern region of our viewing area.

Buddy Forbes

Big Sandy Bureau Reporter, WYMT

Buddy is an Eastern Kentucky native who is usually telling stories in the Big Sandy Region.

Jordan Mullins

Big Sandy Bureau Reporter, WYMT

Jordan started at WYMT in March 2021.

Dakota Makres

Morning Anchor, WYMT

Dakota is a Knoxville, TN native who started at WYMT in January of 2020.

Keaton Hall

Reporter/Producer, WYMT

Keaton started at WYMT as a reporter in November 2021.

Alyssa Williams

Reporter, WYMT

Alyssa joined the WYMT newsroom in June 2021.

Chandler Wilcox

Reporter, WYMT

Chandler joined the WYMT News team in May 2022.

Olivia Calfee

Reporter/Anchor, WYMT TV

RJ Johnson

Reporter

RJ joined WYMT as a reporter in February 2023.

Kirstin Baum

Morning Producer, WYMT

Kirstin joined the WYMT Newsroom in May 2021.

Anthony Sizemore

Producer, WYMT

Jarrod Allen

Assignment Editor, WYMT

Weather Team

Brandon Robinson

Morning Forecaster, WYMT

Brandon is a Harlan County native and has been at WYMT for more than 15 years.

Evan Hatter

Meteorologist, WYMT

Evan joined the WYMT Weather Team in May 2020.

Cameron Aaron

Meteorologist, WYMT

Cameron joined WYMT as the weekend meteorologist in May 2021.

Sports Team

John Lowe

Sports Director, WYMT

John joined the WYMT Sports Team in July 2021.

Courtney Layne Brewer

Sports Anchor/Reporter, WYMT

Courtney is a Lexington native and graduate of LSU. She started at WYMT in Spring 2021 with a passion for sports in the South.

Nate Johnson

Sports Anchor/Reporter

Nate is a Wisconsin native who has a love of all sports. He started at WYMT in June of 2022.

Gray DC Bureau

Peter Zampa

Multimedia Journalist

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

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

Photojournalist/Editor

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

Nicole Neuman

Anchor

Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021.

Jamie Bittner

Multimedia Journalist

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

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

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

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

Multimedia Journalist

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

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

Producer

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

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.

Investigate TV

Lee Zurik

Lee leads Gray Television’s National Investigative Team. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE.

Jamie Grey

Managing Editor of Investigations

Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education.

Greg Phillips

Executive Producer of Investigations

Greg specializes in consumer investigations and stories exposing scams and rip-offs.

Rachel DePompa

Consumer Investigative Reporter

Rachel is an investigative journalist with more than 20 years’ experience.

Joce Sterman

Investigative Reporter

Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues.

Caresse Jackman

National Consumer Investigative Reporter

Caresse Jackman is a national consumer investigative reporter with a focus on exposing scams and digging into consumer concerns.

John 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.