Meet The Team

News Team

Bill Schammert

Evening Anchor

Bill anchors the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. newscasts weeknights at the station he grew up watching! He digs into COVID-19 stats daily to provide context behind the numbers - check out his Facebook and Twitter pages.

Bryan Shawver

Morning Anchor

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

Laura Halm

Morning Anchor

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

Jon Vanderford

Pure Nebraska Anchor/Executive Producer

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.

Taryn Vanderford

Pure Nebraska and First at Four Anchor/Moms Everyday Host

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 and Moms Everyday at 8:55 a.m.

Jared Austin

Reporter

Jared was originally interested in becoming a sports journalist, but he found his best fit in news.

Bayley Bischof

Reporter

Bayley strongly believes each person has a story to tell, and strives to find the “human” in every story she writes.

Kamri Sylve

Reporter

Kamri is an early bird, reporting for 10/11 This Morning.

Madison Pitsch

Reporter

Multimedia Journalist for KOLNKGIN

Ellis Wiltsey

Reporter

Ellis is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and excited to be reporting in her home state!

Kennedy Stowater

Producer

Kennedy Stowater joined the 1011 News team in December 2020 as a producer.

Nicole Griffith

Reporter, 1011

Nicole Griffith has been with 10/11 Now since March of 2019 working as a news and sports hybrid reporter.

Nathan Brennan

Reporter

Nathan Brennan is the 10/11 NOW morning reporter.

Ryan Swanigan

Morning Producer/Mulitmedia Journalist

Ryan has been the Morning Producer and an MMJ at 10/11 NOW in Lincoln since May 2018.

Spencer Hansen

Producer

A born and raised Nebraskan, Spencer has been producing newscasts in his hometown of Lincoln since 2016.

Brett Baker

Executive Producer

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

Jacob Elliott

Digital Content Producer

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

Jay Omar

Assistant News Director

Jay has been at 1011 NOW since 2016.

Amber Little

Digital Director

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

News Director

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

Shannon Booth

Vice President & General Manager

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

Weather Team

Ken Siemek

Chief Meteorologist

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

Brad Anderson

1011 This Morning, Pure Nebraska, 1011Now at Noon Meteorologist

I love Nebraska weather. I love Nebraska

Brandon Rector

Meteorologist

Brandon is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist with 17 years of weather experience.

Bill Rentschler

Meteorologist

Bill Rentschler is a AMS sealed meteorologist for 10/11 NOW in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sports Team

Kevin Sjuts

Sports Director

Kevin Sjuts is a veteran, award-winning sportscaster.

Gray DC Bureau

Jacqueline Policastro

Washington Bureau Chief

Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade.

Ted Fioraliso

Senior Reporter/Executive Producer

Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau.