News Team

  Angel Thurston joined the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News team as the station's web editor in June 2019. Angel was born and grew up in West Tennessee and has lived in Jackson since 2015. Angel graduated from Middle Tennessee State…

Seirra Person joined the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News team in February 2016 as a production assistant. After just a short year and a half, Seirra became a news producer for Good Morning West Tennessee and is now the producer for…

Megan Hamilton joined the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News team in September 2010 in the production department. She was a production assistant for a year and later started directing newscasts. Megan started working in the news department in October 2017 as…

  Bailey Lavin joined the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News team in October 2016. She was born into a news family, and her father was in the business for over 25 years. Bailey started her TV career in Jackson, Mississippi, with…

David Hampton joined the WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News team as the station’s web producer in August 2014, managing web content and social media. A West Tennessee native, David was born in Jackson and grew up in nearby Huntingdon. David attended…

Maranda Faris joined WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News in October 2017 as the assignment editor and special projects reporter. Maranda is a 2015 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and has lived in Jackson since early 2015. At MTSU,…