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THE CHANNEL 8 EYEWITNESS NEWS ANCHOR TEAM

  • Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor

    Rod Fowler grew up on a small farm near Tama, Iowa.

  • Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor

    Vanessa Brown comes to Lincoln from the CW affiliate, KDAF-TV, in Dallas, Texas where she was a freelance reporter and hosted a community service program called "DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth) Closeup."

  • Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor

    One could say that Kali got her start in front of the camera in 7th grade when she worked on her junior high newscast.

  • Channel 8 Eyewitness News Anchor

    Erika Summers was born in Lincoln and spent some of her childhood in Syracuse, Nebraska before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado with her family.  While working for the campus television station at CSU, she produced an investigative story about the lack of food inspectors at the university.

The Channel 8 Eyewitness News On-Air Staff

Ashley Harding

Ashley grew up watching her broadcasting idol, Peter Jennings on The ABC Evening News and found him to be so inspiring that he inspired her to go into broadcasting. More>>

Ian Hest

Ian graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Miami. Before coming to Channel 8 Eyewitness News, he interned at ESPN in Bristol, CT and at WOR radio in New York City. More>>

Melina Matthes

Melina was born and raised in Nebraska.  She calls Omaha home, she bleeds Husker red and loves the excitement of game day in Lincoln. More>>

Cole Miller

Cole is a Nebraska man through and through. Born and raised in Lincoln. More>>

Megan Palera

Megan grew up watching Katie Couric, she loved to write and take pictures so, "TV news was a perfect match", Megan recalls. More>>

Kelly Sommariva

In middle school, she was chosen to do a behind the scenes story on her beloved Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. They put her name on the scoreboard and she did her stand up in the Green Monster. More>>

Meet The Channel 8 Eyewitness News Sports Team

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Sports Director

Brett Edwards

Like most youngsters, Brett Edwards spent a lot of time in the backyard of his home town of Vinton, Iowa playing sports.   His passion for sports lead him to Wayne State College in Nebraska, where he played quarterback for the Wildcats. More>>

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Sports

Matt Lothrop

Matt grew up in the Western Iowa town of Glenwood. Growing up that close to Nebraska, he and his family went to a lot of Husker football and baseball games.  He knew that he probably would not be able to make a living while playing sports, but he knew he wanted to do something sports related. More>>

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Email Addresses

Here is a list of the Channel 8 Eyewitness News staff , links to contact them via email and newsroom telephone number. More>>

Meet the Channel 8 Eyewitness News Weather Central Team

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist

Kevin Coskren

Kevin has always had a passion for weather. More>>

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Meteorologist

Luke Dorris

Luke has always been drawn to weather and the affects of weather and while his love for weather didn't change, he initially chose to pursue a career in engineering. More>>

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Meteorologist

Rachael Witter

Watching the weather was her favorite part of local news and she always wanted to be the person sent out to cover a snowstorm. More>>

Channel 8 Eyewitness News Email Addresses

Here is a list of the Channel 8 Eyewitness News staff , links to contact them via email and newsroom telephone number. More>>

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