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 has worked his whole career at WSAZ. He started in 1982 as an intern and worked his way up from there. He has served as a reporter, producer and anchor. Rob is now anchoring the morning and midday news for WSAZ.

Melanie Shafer co-anchors WSAZ Sunrise and WSAZ Today with WSAZ's Rob Johnson.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Chelsea Armstrong is the 6 p.m. producer at WSAZ.

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

Hunter producers the First at Five and 5:30 newscasts on WSAZ.

Jackson is a producer at WSAZ.

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Blake Whitener is an assignment editor and videographer at WSAZ.

Jim is a photographer at WSAZ.

Sarah joined the WSAZ team as a photographer in 2017.

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.

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.