Professional Experience

May 2021 to present: Reporter, Anchor, Photojournalist at WINK News. Previously worked as an Anchor, Reporter, and Photographer at WCTV in Tallahassee for 5 years; Intern for WABC in New York City from June-August of 2016.

Awards & Recognition: 
Emmy Award Winner for Breaking News … after an EF-2 Tornado hit Southwest Florida.

Emmy-Nominated for coverage of Surfside condo collapse, Center For Covid Control Investigation.

8x Associated Press Award Winner ... Including Breaking News, Best Digital Journalist, Best Sports Anchor, & Best News Anchor.

Service To America Award winner for coverage of Hurricane Maria's aftermath in Puerto Rico.

News Philosophy

My job is to find out what the heck is going on, and tell it the best I can. Every day. If I did that correctly, I did my job.

Hobbies, Interests & Community Involvement

Watching and talking sports, exercise, playing music.

Education

Bachelors in Communications from Florida State University.

Likes best about Southwest Florida

How I can go outside in December and not be miserable.

Hometown

Westchester, New York

FWC continues identifying boats scattered across SWFL after Ian

Hundreds of boats are scattered across Southwest Florida’s waterways 126 days after Hurricane Ian. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is responsible for finding out who owns these boats and getting them removed. From 700 boats scattered across the area after the hurricane, down to 300. “They’re all different sizes, anywhere from 35-foot trawlers […]

Drywall giveaway for repairs on Fort Myers Beach in wake of Ian

Picking up all the pieces after a devastating storm like Ian can take a long time, and a large portion of Fort Myers Beach is still destroyed and needs to be rebuilt. But there is help out there. People are waiting in long lines getting drywall put back in their homes. 7,000 sheets of drywall […]

Junkanoo and Fresh Catch Bistro get new location on Fort Myers Beach

The beachfront on Fort Myers Beach will be seeing another change. The owners of Fresh Catch Bistro and Junkanoo say that after more than 30 years in their spot on Fort Myers Beach, they’ll be taking over another property. Junkanoo and Fresh Catch Bistro now have a fresh spot to call home. “The past four […]

Owners of The Whale refuse to sell Fort Myers Beach property, will rebuild

Many properties on Fort Myers Beach have been selling in the wake of Hurricane Ian, but the owners of one classic spot, The Whale, are refusing to sell and have focused on rebuilding instead. The Whale is the first restaurant Dawn and Mike Miller ever owned, and they were excited to have it. “It’s been […]

How a missing dog made its way to Fort Myers Beach, helping a man along the way

What makes the 4-year-old puppy Gus so special? He was lost for nearly a week, away from his family through New Year’s weekend, until a man who was living in a temporary FEMA location found him. Their journey together and the reunion with Gus’ original owners changed all of their lives. If there is one […]

Frequently forgotten Fort Myers Beach area still devastated by Ian

Recovery efforts continue at Fort Myers Beach in the wake of Hurricane Ian. But some of the hardest-hit areas might be out of the line of sight. The North side of the island, if you make a right at the base of the bridge instead of a left, is still living in a world of […]

La Ola returning to Fort Myers Beach with a new look

The road to recovery for businesses on Fort Myers Beach has not been easy. Favorite hangouts where people on the beach have made memories for years have been taken away. Tor the restaurants in Times Square, trying to rebuild has been especially hard. Despite the tough recovery, the people who manage those popular spots tell […]

Vice Mayor hopes Fort Myers Beach will be ‘functional paradise’ by next year

Fort Myers Beach Vice Mayor Jim Atterholt is hoping Fort Myers Beach will become “a functional paradise within one year.” How realistic is that goal now that it’s been 112 days since Hurricane Ian? If you’re talking about hotels taking reservations again, that can happen. But for the people who live on the beach? The […]

AmeriCorps helping with recovery in Fort Myers Beach

For the past two weeks, AmeriCorps has been out on Fort Myers Beach helping people clean their homes that have been filled with debris since Hurricane Ian. When Brian Duddy first saw his home in the wake of the hurricane, he described it in two words. “Jaw-dropping. Didn’t know what to do. My wife and […]