Mark Wilson

Now in his 28th year at FOX 13, Mark Wilson has more than 30 years' experience traveling the world and sharing the stories of the people of the Tampa Bay area. While he anchors the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts each weeknight, he prides himself on his reporting and has been awarded nine regional Emmys for his stories. 

Mark hosts FOX 13’s "What’s Right With Tampa Bay," and hosts and produces FOX 13’s award-winning "Mak’n Waves," covering stories on and about the precious waterways connected to Tampa Bay. He most recently traveled to Normandy, France with local veterans for the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion.

Mark joined FOX13 in 1997 after graduating with honors from Florida State University and then anchoring the top-rated newscasts in Raleigh, NC, where he also worked as a regional correspondent for NBC News. 

He's since been honored for his reports from Ground Zero in New York, Hurricane Katrina, and the scene of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Mark was also the only Tampa Bay area reporter to travel to Iraq during the height of the war in 2005, embedding with a Clearwater-based Army Reserve unit flying Blackhawk helicopters in and around Baghdad.

Mark's reputation for fairness and passion for the big interview earned him one-on-one interviews with President Bush in 2000 and President Biden (VP at the time in 2012) and he was invited to the White House for an exclusive interview with President Obama in 2011.

Mark is active in several charities, including Wheelchairs4Kids, the Academy Prep, Wounded Warriors Abilities Ranch and The Wilson Family Foundation, a non-profit that he started with his brothers and parents - namely former FOX 13 anchor John Wilson, who retired in 2014. And when he’s not spending his free time with his wife and two grown daughters, he’s probably chasing his two golden retrievers or playing his guitar.

Mark's always looking for interesting stories, so feel free to email him at mark.wilson@fox.com. You may also connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @MarkWilsonTV.