Meet The Team
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(Sarah Schwabe)
News Director
Sarah is the News Director for KJCT News 8 and anchors Daybreak every weekday morning from 5 - 7 a.m.
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(Matt Vanderveer)
Assis. News Director/Anchor
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(Goldene Brown)
Anchor/Reporter
Born and raised in Chicago, Colorado seemed like a foreign country... but any place where there’s a story, Goldene will follow.
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(Calvin Corey)
Digital Director
Calvin attended Colorado Mesa University where he studied Political Science. He has been with us since August of 2019.
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(Natalie Cruz)
Reporter-Producer
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(Butch McCain)
Weather Anchor
Butch has more than 15 years of weather experience in the heart of tornado alley and has done the weather for ABC’s Good Morning America, and hosted live feature segments for the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
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(Brad Miller)
Meteorologist
Brad is the Daybreak and Noon meteorologist for KJCT, giving the Western Slope an accurate forecast every morning to start your day.
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(Dave Ackert)
Sports Director
Dave Ackert joined KJCT News 8 as Sports Director in August of 2020. Before joining KJCT, Dave worked as a sports reporter for WPTZ in Burlington, VT and as a coordinator at CBS Sports in New York, NY. He's originally from New Paltz, NY.
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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 S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor
Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.