Meet The Team

Weather Team

Balint Szalavari
Balint Szalavari
First Alert Meteorologist

Balint is a First Alert Meteorologist for 25News.

Brian Walder
Brian Walder
First Alert Meteorologist

Brian is a First Alert Meteorologist for 25 News.

Devan Masciulli
Devan Masciulli
First Alert Meteorologist

Devan Masciulli is the weekend meteorologist at 25 News.

Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins
Chief Meteorologist

I’ve been Chief Meteorologist at 25 News since October of 2009 after making the jump from WMBD where I worked 23 years.

Sports Team

Jim Mattson
Jim Mattson
Sports Director

Jim Mattson is the Sports Director and host of Prep Rally for 25 News and has been in the Peoria TV market since 1985.

JD Raucci
JD Raucci
Sports Reporter

Leadership

Jason Howell
Jason Howell
Digital Content Manager

Jason Howell is the Digital Content Manager for 25 News Now.

Ross Somerville
Ross Somerville
Production Manager

Ross Somerville is a native of Central Illinois

Peter Russell
Peter Russell
Vice President and General Manager

Peter moved into sales as an Account Executive in 1992. He was promoted to Local Sales Manager two years later and then General Sales Manager in 1995. Today, Peter oversees the sales operation for WEEK Television as Vice President and General Manager

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.

Sarah Meklir
Sarah Meklir
Production Assistant

Sarah Meklir joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2023 as a production assistant after working as an intern for the DC Bureau in the summer of 2023. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Maryland.