Meet The Team

East Tennessee was Laura's home for nearly 10 years, so she traded in (a lot) of orange for red!

Bryan Shawver anchors 10/11 This Morning alongside Laura Halm and Meteorologist Brad Anderson.

Kelsie Passolt joined the 10/11 NOW news team in July of 2021 as an evening anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts.

In a return home, Cole Miller joined the 10/11 NOW news team in August of 2022 as an evening anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m. newscasts.

Taryn Vanderford is a Nebraska native! Catch her anchoring on Pure Nebraska at 9 a.m., First at Four, and reporting for 10/11 Now at 5.

Jon Vanderford has had a strong relationship with 10/11 News, starting his career here in college, and returning to 10/11 in 2003. Jon's done pretty much every job at 10/11. He's now an anchor and executive producer of 10/11's Pure Nebraska.

She was promoted to 10/11 Senior Reporter in March 2022.

Madison anchors the weekend evening shows and reports during the week.

Ellis is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and helps manage the 10/11 NOW reporting staff.

Samantha joined the 10/11 NOW news team in October 2021 as a reporter.

Katie Arten is the evening news producer for 10/11 NOW at 6 and 10.

Kierstin Foote joined the 10/11 NOW news team as a reporter in August 2022.

John Grinvalds joined the 10/11 NOW news team in August 2022 as a news reporter.

Nathan Brennan is the 10/11 NOW morning reporter.

Matt produces 10/11's noon and 5 p.m. newscasts.

Ryan has been the Morning Producer and a Breaking News Multimedia Journalist at 10/11 NOW in Lincoln since May 2018.

In addition to his EP role at 10/11 NOW, Brett is an Assistant Speech Coach at his alma mater, Malcolm High School.

Jacob writes stories for 1011now.com and posts much of the content you see on the 1011 News Facebook page.

Bill is 10/11 NOW's first Digital News Executive Producer, helping producing content for 10/11's streaming platforms.

Jay has been at 10/11 NOW since 2016.

Amber oversees the content on our website, news app and social media pages and works with all the anchors and reporters who post to the multiple platforms.

Mikel Lauber joined the 10/11 NOW news team as Director of News in June 2017, after leading newsrooms in Wisconsin and Texas.

Always smiling and always watching, Shannon Booth leads 10/11 NOW as Vice President and General Manager.

Kloee Sander joined the 10/11 NOW news team as an intern in May 2022 and returned for the fall semester.

Ken's first day at the TV station was October 1, 1981.

I love Nebraska weather. I love Nebraska

Brandon is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. You can see his weather forecast weekdays on First at Four and Fridays at 5, 6 and 10pm.

Melissa's passion for weather stemmed from a fear of severe weather that later turned into an interest, hobby and then a career path.

Carmelo Lattuca is a Meteorology intern for the 10/11 NOW Weather team.

Kevin Sjuts is a veteran, award-winning sportscaster.

Eddie Messel joined the 10/11 NOW sports team as the Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter in July 2021.

Skylee is a Grand Island native and attends the University of Nebraska-Lincoln while interning with the 10/11 NOW sports team.

Born and raised in Bellevue, Nathan has a love for broadcasting and is excited to expand his passion at 10/11 as a sports intern.