Since November 2022 he has served as Managing Editor of KTVT-11 in Dallas-Fort Worth, rising from the role of Content Manager he’d earned in July 2021.
Come January, he’ll be relocating to Central Florida to serve as Managing Editor of Cox Media Group’s ABC affiliate.
Shifting to WFTV-9 in Orlando at the start of 2026 is CBS News Texas Managing Editor Samuel Gardner III.
It marks a departure from CBS just weeks after the Paramount Skydance merger. From 2014-2021, the Seton Hall University adjunct professor was associated with KYW-3 in Philadelphia, serving as internship coordinator.
Prior roles include serving as National Assignment Editor at CNN, Assignment Editor for NFL Media and as a Feed/Field Producer for ABC News.
He began his career with CMG flagship WSB-2 in Atlanta, as an Assignment Editor, and later worked at WSOC-9 in Charlotte in a similar role.
