WVUE’s Meg Gatto Moves To Evening Anchor Slot

Gray Television’s Fox affiliate WVUE New Orleans has named Meg Gatto as the new co-anchor of Fox 8 News at 5 and 10 p.m.  Starting Monday, Sept. 19, she will join anchor and chief investigative reporter Lee Zurik on both newscasts.

“We’re thrilled to move such a deserving, dedicated member of the FOX 8 News team,” said News Director Kristen Palestina. “For more than a decade, Meg has succeeded in every role she’s played at our station. Meg’s given it her all every day, not only anchoring the morning news, but then turning award-winning reports, which now include our Fox 8 Defenders franchise.”

With Meg Gatto moving to nights, award-winning and longtime news veteran John Snell and Kelsey Davis will hold down their primary anchor duties on Fox 8 Morning Edition. For more than three decades Snell has covered nearly every major local story and won countless awards. Davis will now share more co-anchoring duties with Snell as well as continue her important daily and franchise reporting.

Rob Krieger will take on more anchoring duties during the Fox 8 Morning Edition. A regional Murrow award winner, Krieger has been part of Fox 8 News since 2015.

This leads to weekend anchor Olivia Vidal joining the Fox 8 Morning Edition team as a reporter/anchor. She’ll help launch a new half-hour of news, Fox 8 News at 4 a.m., on Sept. 19 as well.