Meet the Team

Investigative Team

Sara Goldenberg
Sara Goldenberg
Investigative Reporter

Sara Goldenberg joined the 19 News team in April 2015.

Mike Mason
Mike Mason
Investigative Reporter

Mike Mason joined Cleveland 19 News in Sept. 2023 as an investigative reporter.

Sports Team

Mark Schwab
Mark Schwab
Sports Anchor / Reporter
Leah Doherty
Leah Doherty
Sports anchor/reporter

Leah Doherty joined WOIO 19 News in Cleveland in July 2023.

Chris Dellecese
Chris Dellecese
Sports Producer
Scott Piker
Scott Piker
News Photographer/Editor/Sports Producer

Scott Piker works for Cleveland 19 News as a news photographer, editor and sports producer.

Reporting Team

Harry Boomer
Harry Boomer
Reporter
Winnie Dortch
Winnie Dortch
Multimedia Journalist
Vic Gideon
Vic Gideon
Multimedia Journalist

Vic is an award-winning reporter

Steven Hernandez
Steven Hernandez
Multimedia Journalist/ Telemundo anchor

Steven Hernandez is a bilingual multimedia journalist who joined 19 News in July of 2019.

Kelly Kennedy
Kelly Kennedy
Multimedia Journalist

Kelly Kennedy joined 19 News November 2019 from Raleigh, N.C.

Caitlin McCarthy
Caitlin McCarthy
Multimedia Journalist
Colton Molesky
Colton Molesky
MMJ / Reporter

Colton Molesky joined Cleveland 19 News as a multi-media journalist / reporter in July 2023.

Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
MultiMedia Journalist

Michelle Nicks joined 19 News in March 2020. She comes to Cleveland from WFMJ in Youngstown. Michelle has been named Best Reporter by the Ohio Associated Press five times, including most recently in 2018, as well as being nominated for six Emmy Awards during her career.

Jen Picciano
Jen Picciano
Reporter

Jen Picciano is an Emmy award-winning reporter for WOIO-TV and creator of the restaurant and dining segment Cleveland Cooks.

Angie Rodriguez
Angie Rodriguez
Reporter/MMJ

Angie Rodriguez joined Cleveland 19 News in Aug. of 2023 as a reporter/multimedia journalist.

Katie Tercek
Katie Tercek
Multi-media journalist

Katie Tercek is honored to listen, record and share your stories daily. She encourages you to message her with any questions or stories!

Rachel Vadaj
Rachel Vadaj
Traffic Anchor / Emmy-Nominated Cleveland Now Host / Friday Football Frenzy Reporter / Assignment Desk Editor / Digital Content Producer
Brittany Wier
Brittany Wier
Reporter/Multimedia journalist

Brittany Wier joined WOIO 19 News as a reporter in August of 2023.

Noelle Williams
Noelle Williams
Multimedia Journalist

Noelle is a passionate storyteller with a mission to help better tell stories to leave people feeling more knowledgeable, safer and better represented than they were.

Digital Anchors

Dan DeRoos
Dan DeRoos
Reporter / 19 News + Anchor
Jeff Slawson
Jeff Slawson
Digital anchor

Jeff joined Cleveland 19 in September of 2021 after four years reporting and anchoring in his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y.

Digital Producers

Julia Bingel
Julia Bingel
Assignment Desk Manager/Digital Content Producer

Julia joined 19 News in Feb. 2005, from the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati, OH.

Noelle Haynes
Noelle Haynes
Assignment Desk Editor / Digital Content Producer

Noelle started at Cleveland 19 News as a Digital Content Producer and Assignment Desk Editor in October of 2023.

Maddi Hebebrand
Maddi Hebebrand
Digital Content Producer / Assignment Editor

Maddi joined Cleveland 19 News as a Digital Content Producer in May 2022.

Brian Koster
Brian Koster
Assignment Desk Editor
Megan McSweeney
Megan McSweeney
Assignment Desk Editor / Digital Content Producer

Megan McSweeney joined Cleveland 19 News in January 2023 as an Assignment Desk Editor and Digital Content Producer.

Alec Sapolin
Alec Sapolin
Digital Content Producer

Alec Sapolin joined 19 News as a Digital Content Producer in March 2022.

Gray DC Bureau

Jon Decker
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.

Peter Zampa
Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist

Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.

Brendan Cullerton
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.

Rhyan Henson
Rhyan Henson
Anchor and Multimedia Journalist

I started working at Gray TV’s Washington D.C. bureau in May of 2023. I found my calling for news while attending Butler University during the Ferguson Riots after the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. During the chaotic times is when I realized how facts and storytelling can really impact a community.

Molly Martinez
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.

Ashonti Ford
Ashonti Ford
Multimedia Journalist

Ashonti Ford joined Gray Television in August of 2023. Ford is a well-traveled watchdog journalist who has worked for newsrooms around the nation, including; Tampa, Kansas City, Decatur, Wichita and Salisbury.

Stetson Miller
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.

Josh Rultenberg
Josh Rultenberg
Multimedia Journalist

Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist.

Annie Andersen

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.

Joshua Crompton

Joshua worked at several local stations before moving to Washington, D.C.. There he launched a national morning show, "The National Desk" for Sinclair. He now works as a producer for the Gray Washington News Bureau.

Leah Vredenbregt

Leah Vredenbregt joined the Gray Washington Bureau team in June 2023 as a weekend producer. She is a recent University of Missouri grad who worked for three years in mid-Missouri news, with internships across the country in both local and national news outlets.

Michael Estrabillo
Michael Estrabillo
Video Journalist

Michael is a born and raised Ohioian who got his photojournalism start at his alma mater Ohio University working for PBS in 2007. He has gone on to work for several media outlets both locally and nationally, shooting award winning news and documentary stories, garnering him an Emmy and Edward Murrow award.

Tyler S. Smith
Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor

Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.