Meet The Team
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Brooke Buford
Assistant News Director / Anchor
Brooke Buford is the assistant news director, 6 p.m. and Second Look anchor and criminal justice system reporter at KALB.
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Steven Maxwell
Anchor & Multimedia Journalist
TV Anchor/Reporter for KALB News Channel 5 in Alexandria, La.
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Corey Howard
Anchor/MMJ
Corey Howard works with KALB as a multimedia journalist (MMJ) and he also anchors SportsNite.
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Dylan joined the KALB news team in June 2020. He will focus on city council, policy jury, and other news stories around the Cenla community.
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Mark Hamblen
Good Day Cenla Anchor/Host
Mark's career at Channel 5 spanned 30 years, as he won a number of Associated Press awards while serving as the TV stations' Sports Director.
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Kailey McCarthy
Anchor / Multi-Media Journalist
Kailey joined the News Channel Five team in September, 2019.
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Rachael Penton
Meteorologist/Anchor/Reporter
Rachael Penton has years of experience in both the newsroom and the weather center.
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Jojuana Phillips
Multimedia Journalist
Jojuana Phillips is a native of Alexandria, Louisiana. She graduated from Bolton High School in 2010 and from LSU of Alexandria in 2016, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications with a concentration in Mass Media.
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Cinnamon Player
Associate News Producer
Cinnamon is an Associate producer for KALB and produces the 10 p.m newscast.
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Javonti Thomas
Jambalaya Anchor/ Reporter
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Brendan Walls
Associate Producer
Hello everyone! My name is Brendan Walls and I am an Associate Producer for KALB in Alexandria, Louisiana. I produce multiple newscasts everyday.
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Tom Konvicka
Chief Meteorologist
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Adaleigh Rowe
Weathercaster
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Tyler Hall
Weekend / Weekday Forecaster
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Barrett Phillips
Meteorologist
Barrett graduated from the University of Oklahoma as a broadcast meteorologist in 2013. Barrett was born and raised in the Natural State (Arkansas). He naturally loves the outdoors, especially anything to do at the lake. On weekends you can find him fishing or at the gym.
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Jamarcus Fitzpatrick
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Jamarcus Fitzpatrick, nicknamed “Fitz”, began his journey with KALB as a sports intern in 2018, and officially became part of the team in 2019.
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Nicole Hutchison
Sports Anchor/Reporter
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Mark Klein
Creative Services Director
Mark leads KALB's award-winning Creative Services team, producing high-quality marketing videos for Central Louisiana businesses and manages the brand of "Your Local Station."
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Jacqueline Policastro
Washington Bureau Chief
Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade.
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Ted Fioraliso
Senior Reporter/Executive Producer
Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau.
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Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist
Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.
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Alana Austin
Multimedia Journalist
Alana Austin joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau team in August 2017 after spending three years covering national and state politics in Richmond, Virginia at Gray TV's WVIR-TV.
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Kyle Midura
Multimedia Journalist
Kyle Midura joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2017 from Gray TV's WCAX-TV.
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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.
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Jillian Angeline
Multimedia Journalist
Jillian Angeline joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Karen Daborowski
Producer
Karen Daborowski joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a producer.
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Natalie Grim
Multimedia Journalist
Natalie Grim joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau as a multimedia journalist in June 2019.
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Kristin Kasper
Multimedia Journalist
Kristin Kasper joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July of 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Tyler Smith
Photojournalist/Editor
Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.