Meet The Team

Kasey Hott is proud to help bring you the news you need to know on your NBC29 News at 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11

Steve co-anchors NBC 29 News at 5, 6 and 11. An award-winning anchor and reporter whose work has been recognized by the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists, Steve has called Central Virginia home for 15 years now.

Jennifer Von Reuter joined the NBC29 news team in June 2009 as a general assignment reporter, before moving to morning anchor.

Isabel Cleary is a graduate of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. She graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and international relations. She joined the NBC29 team as a multimedia journalist in June 2021.

Madison McNamee is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Media Studies & American Studies. She joined the NBC29 team in June of 2021.

Dominga Murray graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in broadcast journalism. She spent the first two years of her undergraduate education at Hollins University. She joined the NBC 29 team in April, 2021.

Dryden joined the NBC29 team in October, 2021. She came to us from WRAL-TV in Raleigh where she’s been a production assistant since graduating from Duke University in the spring of 2021. While in Durham, Dryden was a reporter for the 9th Street Journal and turned stories for Carolina Week.

Bria Stith joined NBC29 at the end of May 2022. She came to the Charlottesville area after graduating from East Carolina University in May 2022. While at school, Bria was a part of the ECU Women’s Track and Field team. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication and Master of Science in Sport management.

Anahita Jafary joined the NBC29 team on Monday, June 27. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a bachelor's degree in communication and minor in poverty, inequality, and social justice. On her off-time, she loves trying new restaurants, cooking, and traveling.

Keagan Hughes joined NBC29 July 25, 2022. Keagan graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Interpersonal Skills Communications and a minor in Creative Writing. While at JMU, she was a reporter, producer, managing-editor, and anchor for the school’s newscast, BreezeTV.

Jared Kline joined the NBC29 team in December 2022 after nearly a decade in local news. He’s no stranger to the area; Jared grew up just outside Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley. Jared graduated from Concord University in Athens, W.Va., where he was involved in the campus television and radio stations.

Jacob Phillips joined the NBC29 team on February 2, 2023. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and later moved to central Virginia. Jacob graduated from VCU with a degree in broadcast journalism. At VCU, he worked on a student-run sports radio show called The Aftermath and dabbled in various podcasting projects.

Josh Fitzpatrick joined the NBC29 weather team in November 2017. He comes to central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley from WSAZ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia where he was a meteorologist for 10 years.

Eric Pritchett, meteorologist of the weekday 5, 6, 10 and 11 o'clock edition of NBC29 News, is a Shenandoah Valley native from Staunton, Virginia.

David Rogers is the sunrise meteorologist on NBC29. David is a 30 year television veteran. Prior to joining NBC29, he was weeknight meteorologist at WCBS in New York, and later as meteorologist on 'CBS This Morning.'

Dominique Smith joined NBC29 December 5.

Marty Hudtloff has been covering sports in central Virginia for two decades.