Meet The Team

News Team

Andrew Capasso

Morning Reporter

Andrew Capasso anchors 13 News This Morning from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. and FOX 11 Daybreak from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Valerie Cavazos

Investigative Reporter

Valerie Cavazos is a Tucson native and an Emmy-nominated investigative reporter.

Mary Coleman

Anchor

Mary Coleman joined 13 News in January 2021 as a news anchor.

Jack Cooper

Reporter

Jack came (back) to Tucson in September of 2022 as a reporter after spending two years at a station in Binghamton, NY.

Carsyn Currier

Reporter / Anchor

Carsyn Currier is the 13 News weekend evening anchor, she joined the team as a morning reporter in August of 2021.

Bud Foster

Reporter

Bud Foster was inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Hall of Fame in October 2009.

Yasmine Lopez joined the KOLD team in 2014 as an editor. Since then, she added to her duties as a digital reporter, content creator and host of Taste This Tucson, a segment that promotes the amazing food around the Old Pueblo.

Dan Marries

Anchor

Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life. That is exactly how Dan Marries feels about working as the evening news anchor at 13 News, where he's been keeping Tucsonans informed since 1999.

Emilee Miranda

Reporter

Emilee Miranda joined 13 News as a reporter in January 2023 after graduating from Arizona State.

Sabria Reid

Reporter / Anchor

Sabria Reid joined the 13 News team in February 2023.

Shelby Slaughter

Reporter

Shelby Slaughter joined 13 News as a reporter, working to tell important stories in the Tucson sunshine. She joined the team in February 2022.

Rebecca Taylor

Anchor

Rebecca joined 13 News in September 2022 and anchors KOLD’s midday shows at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Alex Valdez

Reporter / Producer

Alex Valdez joined 13 News as a multimedia journalist and producer in August 2022.

Brooke Wagner

Anchor

Brooke Wagner fell in love with Tucson as a kid, visiting the city with her family for years. Her favorite spots include the Airplane Boneyard, Tohono Chul, Romero Pools, and the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures.

Jessica Bobula

News Director

Weather Team

Erin Christiansen

Chief Meteorologist

Erin Christiansen returned to Tucson as KOLD News 13's new chief meteorologist in October 2020.

Mallory Schnell

Meteorologist

Mallory is a Meteorologist at KOLD. She joined the First Alert Weather Team in April 2022.

Allie Potter

Weather Forecaster

Allie Potter joined 13 News in August 2021.

Sports Team

Damien Alameda

Sports Director

Damien Alameda has covered southern Arizona sports for 13 News for more than 15 years.

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.

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.