Texas television newsrooms are seeing another wave of changes, with longtime veterans signing off, reporters returning home and familiar faces locking in their futures.
This week’s moves stretch from Dallas and Austin to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley, including the end of two decades-long runs at major Texas stations.
Dallas reporter comes home
Tynisha Jackson announced Wednesday that she has joined Spectrum News 1 in Dallas as a reporter, bringing the Arlington native back to North Texas.
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“I’m HOME!” Jackson wrote on social media. “I can’t wait to start telling stories in the communities where I grew up.”
Jackson graduated from Texas State University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in electronic media programming and a minor in media studies. She began her broadcast career at WTOK in Meridian, Miss., in 2021, working as an anchor, multimedia journalist and producer.
Most recently, Jackson worked as an anchor and reporter at WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Va.
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FOX 7 Austin veteran signs off
Mike Warren has retired from FOX 7 Austin KTBC after 37 years in television news, including 22 years at the station. FOX 7 marked his departure during a Sept. 10 newscast.
Warren joined FOX 7 in 2004 as an anchor and reporter and became a fixture on the station’s evening newscasts. Looking back on his career, Warren said his focus was less on any single memorable assignment and more on bringing viewers closer to the people involved in the stories he covered.
“Always trying to communicate the feelings and emotions of the people in this story to people who are watching the news. That was always the goal,” Warren said.
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Warren also became closely associated with the station’s coverage of veterans through FOX 7 Care Force, an initiative focused on veterans and active-duty military members transitioning to civilian life. In 2013, the Texas Veterans Commission recognized his work with a media award.
As for retirement, Warren said he and his wife plan to travel before he figures out what comes next.
FOX 7 is also welcoming a new face to its morning team. Julieanna Jackson joined the station as a morning reporter after leaving KCEN 6 in the Waco-Temple-Killeen market in August.
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“The station has welcomed me with open arms, and I can’t wait to continue covering what’s most important to Texans,” Jackson wrote on social media.
Jackson joined KCEN in August 2024 after graduating from the University of Mississippi, where she studied journalism and law. She can now be seen reporting on Good Day Austin.
Houston stations shuffle their lineups
FOX 26 Houston KRIV has brought a Houston-raised reporter back home.
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Sakura Gray joined the station after nearly four years at CBS Sacramento KOVR. Born in Japan and raised in Houston, Gray began her television career at WRBL 3 in Columbus, Ga., and later moved to California.
“After five years of moving all across the country, I finally get to do the job I love in my hometown,” Gray wrote on social media.
Gray graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in journalism and radio-television-film. Before launching her full-time TV career, she also interned at KXAN in Austin.
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KPRC 2 chief meteorologist Anthony Yanez has signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the station through 2029.
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Over at KPRC 2, chief meteorologist Anthony Yanez isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Yanez announced this week that he signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the NBC affiliate through 2029.
Yanez first joined KPRC in 2003 and spent more than 11 years at the station before leaving for KNBC in Los Angeles in 2015. He returned to Houston in 2021 and became KPRC’s chief meteorologist in 2024 following Frank Billingsley’s retirement.
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Two other longtime Houston news figures, however, are preparing to step away from their daily roles.
ABC13 KTRK helicopter reporter Tammy Rose will make her final daily flight over Houston on Oct. 2 after more than 30 years in television news.
Rose, who joined ABC13 in 2009, said her workload has grown as viewers increasingly send her tips and ask her to investigate issues. She plans to continue journalism independently, including investigative and aviation reporting through Tammy Rose Reports.
“To make that possible, I have made the difficult decision to retire from daily helicopter reporting,” Rose said.
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At KHOU 11, longtime managing editor Bill Bishop retired Friday after 47 years in Houston news, including 42 years at the CBS affiliate.
Bill Bishop, longtime managing editor at KHOU 11, has retired after 47 years in Houston news.
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Bishop told Chron he plans to spend more time traveling with his wife and with their new grandson while focusing on his health. He doesn’t plan to disappear completely, however, and said he will remain active on social media.
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New reporter lands in the Rio Grande Valley
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Lidia Herrera announced this week that she has joined KRGV 5 News, the Rio Grande Valley’s ABC affiliate, as a reporter.
Houston-raised reporter Lidia Herrera has joined KRGV 5 News in the Rio Grande Valley after previously working at KIII 3NEWS in Corpus Christi.
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“Excited to tell stories in the RGV Community!” Herrera wrote on social media. “Get ready 956!”
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Herrera was born in Los Angeles and raised in Houston before graduating from the University of Houston with a degree in communications and Spanish. She began her television news career as a digital content producer at KYTX CBS19 in Tyler and most recently reported for KIII 3NEWS in Corpus Christi from 2024 until May.