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Meet the Team

Ken Amaro

Ken Amaro started his journalism career at First Coast News (then knows as 12 News) in 1979. During his first decade, he received numerous awards including the Florida News Maker, Associated Press, and Florida Medical Association awards.
Anthony Austin

Anthony Austin is a reporter/anchor for First Coast News NBC 12/ABC 25.
Mike Prangley

Mike Prangley joined WTLV TV-12 AND WJXX-TV 25 in September 2010. He came to us from WLFI News Channel 18 in Lafayette..
Jeff Valin

<p>Jeff Valin is the weekend evening news anchor and reporter at First Coast News NBC 12/ABC 25.</p>
Tim Deegan

Tim Deegan is a Meteorologist at First Coast News in Jacksonville, Florida. Tim is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology. He is a certified member of the American Meteorological Society.
Jessica Clark

Jessica Clark anchors the First Coast News 7 pm newscasts on ABC 25. She also reports from the First Coast News Southern Bureau, located in St. Augustine.
Kathryn Jeffries

Katie Jeffries joined the First Coast News team in May 2012. She moved to Jacksonville from the Tar Heel state where she was the Greenville Bureau Chief and Weekend Morning Anchor at WCTI NewsChannel 12, the ABC/FOX affiliate in New Bern, NC for two years.
Anne Schindler

Anne Schindler is Executive Producer of Special Projects at First Coast News in Jacksonville, Florida specializing in investigative reporting.
Lauren Rautenkranz

Lauren Rautenkranz is the evening weekend meteorologist on First Coast News NBC 12/ABC 25.
Chris Porter

<p>Chris Porter is sports director of the First Coast News sports team. He comes from our sister station WMAZ in Macon, Georgia, where he received several accolades for his sports reporting and anchoring. In 2008, the Georgia Association of Broadcasters honored Chris with a Merit Award for "Best Sports Story."</p>