Gage Goulding, Shern-Min Chow and Brittany Begley left Houston TV stations this year.
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Several Houston journalists departed from stations in one of the nation’s largest television markets in 2026.
From early exits to veterans’ retirements, viewers across the city saw familiar faces leave and newer faces make brief stops. Here are the news anchors and reporters who made some of the biggest moves in local TV this year.
Fox 26 Sherman Desselle
Fox 26 reporter and fill-in anchor Sherman Desselle was the latest Houston TV journalist to announce he was leaving the station. Last month, Desselle announced on social media that he would be leaving Fox 26 after four years.
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Desselle covered crime and community stories. He has worked in television news for 18 years, including time at KALB News Channel 5 in Louisiana before becoming a reporter and fill-in anchor at Fox 26.
In his departure announcement, Desselle did not specify his next move but said he would announce it later.
Gage Goulding
Gage Goulding joined KPRC in December 2023.
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Last month, award-winning TV news reporter Gage Goulding of KPRC 2 announced that he would be leaving the station after more than two years.
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Goulding joined KPRC 2 in December 2023 following his departure from WBBH, according to previous reporting.
Goulding did not announce his next move but said in an Instagram post, “This isn’t a goodbye.”
Jeff Ehling
KTRK 13 reporter Jeff Ehling wore gear in the Astros store at Minute Maid Park in 2015. Ehling announced that he will retire this fall after 26 years at the station.
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ABC 13 anchor Jeff Ehling announced that he will retire this fall after 26 years at the station.
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Ehling told local media blogger Mike McGuff that he plans to retire Sept. 19, something he had planned to do in 2020 before the pandemic made him reconsider.
Robert Arnold
Another Houston journalist with 26 years in the market announced this year that he would be stepping away from KPRC 2.
Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist Robert Arnold announced in a Facebook post in June that he would be leaving the station.
“After 26 years at KPRC and 31 years as a journalist, I have decided to live life without a deadline,” he said in the post. “I joined KPRC in 2000, and the past three decades have been fulfilling, awe-inspiring, humbling, exhausting, joyful and, most of all, a privilege. I am immensely grateful to everyone who trusted me to tell their story. I remember every face and every living room.”
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Brittany Begley
KPRC meteorologist Brittany Begley recently left the station.
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KPRC meteorologist Brittany Begley left the station last month and told the Houston Chronicle she was fired.
In an Instagram post, Begley criticized the station and some of her co-workers. She said she disagreed with how weekend coverage was handled despite several attempts to improve it for everyone.
KPRC News Director Ana Lastra confirmed Begley’s departure and wished her well, according to previous reporting.
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“I’m not disagreeing with the separation,” Begley said in her Instagram post, referencing a June 19 New York Post article about her departure. In the post, she also detailed her career path from Sacramento to Houston. “I’m not afraid of being disliked for saying what others won’t — especially when living paycheck to paycheck.”
Begley joined KPRC in 2024 as a meteorologist after transitioning from traffic reporting, according to previous reporting. She also worked as a freelance meteorologist for a San Francisco station and as an anchor, meteorologist and reporter for an ABC affiliate in Sacramento.
Tom Zizka
Veteran Fox 26 Houston anchor Tom Zizka left the station on May 29 after nearly 30 years on the air.
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Fox 26 saw another departure earlier this year as longtime anchor Tom Zizka left after nearly 30 years at the station.
Zizka posted on Facebook that May 29 marked his last day. He joined the station in 1998 and said the decision to leave was his own.
Zizka has spent 38 years in the industry. He began his career covering southern Ohio, then spent six years in Columbus, Ohio, before moving to Houston in 1998, according to previous reporting.
Shern-Min Chow
KHOU 11 anchor Shern-Min Chow left KHOU after nearly 30 years.
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KHOU 11 anchor Shern-Min Chow left KHOU after nearly 30 years.
Chow joined the station in the summer of 1996 and anchored the station’s noon and 4 p.m. newscasts.
“Thank you for what I consider a public service,” Whitmire said during Chow’s final broadcast before declaring Feb. 9 “Shern-Min Chow Day” in Houston, according to previous reporting.
Chow, a Yale University graduate, grew up in Northern California. She began her journalism career at Newsweek before moving on to cover news in San Antonio. She later worked at KPRC and KTRK before joining KHOU.