Meet The Team

Tim anchors First Look at Four, First at Five, WSAZ 6 p.m., 10 p.m. on the CW, and WSAZ Tonight.

Rob anchors mornings newscasts and Midday at WSAZ.

Melanie anchors morning newscasts at WSAZ.

Susan Nicholas co-anchors “First Look at Four” on WSAZ NewsChannel 3 with Tim Irr.

Taylor anchors Studio 3 and First at Five at WSAZ.

Sarah is an anchor for Studio 3, a traffic reporter for WSAZ Today, WSAZ at 7 a.m. on the CW, and WSAZ at 8 a.m. on the C.W.

At the end of 2018, Katie joined the WSAZ news team. Katie anchors WSAZ news at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on the CW.

Kelsey Souto is a weekend anchor and investigative reporter for WSAZ.

Brendan Tierney joined WSAZ as a multimedia journalist in June 2019. He reports each weekday from Charleston and began anchoring "NewsChannel 3 Saturday Morning" in August of 2019.

Curtis Johnson serves viewers as the investigative/political reporter for WSAZ NewsChannel 3, along with its sister stations WVVA-TV in Bluefield, W.Va., WTAP-TV in Parkersburg, W.Va., WDTV-TV in Bridgeport, W.Va., and WHSV-TV serving areas of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle.

Andrew is a multimedia journalist at WSAZ.

Tori Yorgey joined WSAZ Charleston in January 2019 as a Multimedia Journalist, you can see Tori weeknights on the CW at 10 p.m. and WSAZ at 11 p.m.

Kimberly joined the WSAZ news team as a reporter in January of 2020.

After Emily graduated from college, she accepted a job at WYMT in Hazard, Kentucky. She spent two years there as an anchor and reporter. During the last two years, Emily's love for Appalachia has grown and she's excited to stay in the region and now tell your stories here at WSAZ.

Joseph started at WSAZ in June of 2021. Previously, he spent three years as a Multimedia Journalist at WFIE 14 News in Evansville, IN. He grew up in Ironton, OH.

Kim is a multimedia journalist at WSAZ.

Shannon is a reporter at WSAZ. Shannon joined the WSAZ team in October 2020.

Marlee is a reporter for WSAZ. She joined the team in January of 2021 after graduating from Point Park University located in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Anna Baxter is the News Director at WSAZ.

Kristen is the Assistant News Director at WSAZ. Kristen joined the WSAZ team in 2010. She started as an intern and has worked in several roles since that time - including photographer, producer and managing editor.

Alyssa is a digital media producer for WSAZ.

Eric Fossell is a Digital Content Producer at WSAZ NewsChannel 3.

Brenda Bryan has been a producer with WSAZ for more than 30 years.

Chelsea is a producer at WSAZ.

Josie produces WSAZ's Studio 3 show at 11 a.m.

Elisa Schwartzmiller is the First Look at Four producer and assignment editor at WSAZ News Channel 3.

Ryan produces WSAZ's First at Five and 5:30 p.m. newscasts.

Matt Lackritz joined the WSAZ News Team as a reporter in 2021.

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Blake Whitener is an assignment editor and videographer at WSAZ.

Jim is a photographer at WSAZ.

Sarah is a photographer at WSAZ.

Hunter is a photographer at WSAZ.

Ryan has been working through the night to inform morning viewers, working as a news producer for WSAZ TODAY since 2011.

John has been a photographer at WSAZ for the past 40 years.

Matt Lackritz joined the WSAZ News Team as a reporter in 2021.

Jackson is a producer at WSAZ.

Jay is the chief photographer at WSAZ.

Grover is a photojournalist and the intern supervisor at WSAZ.

Nathan Thomas is a nights and weekends producer at WSAZ.

Max is a photographer for WSAZ, joining the team in October 2018.