Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson, now in his 25th year at FOX 13 News Tampa Bay, anchors the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts each weeknight, 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.
Mark is an Emmy Award-winning reporter and anchor with more than 30 years experience traveling the world and sharing the stories of the people of the Tampa Bay area.
He says he learned from the best.
His father is former FOX 13 anchor John Wilson, who retired in 2014.
Mark graduated with honors from Florida State University and then anchored the top-rated newscasts in Raleigh, NC, where he also worked as a regional correspondent for NBC News.
Since joining FOX 13 in 1997, he's 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 awarded an Emmy for his reports following a string of deadly tornadoes in Alabama.
He was 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.
His 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 March of Dimes and The Wilson Family Foundation, a non-profit that he started with his parents and brothers. 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 fiddling with his guitar.
If you’d like to contact Mark, you may email him at mark.wilson@fox.com. You may also connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @MarkWilsonTV.
The latest from Mark Wilson
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Tampa Bay Area program helps single mother finish earning college degree
Becoming a teenage parent can make it hard to finish college, but a local program is helping young adults get their diplomas.
Curbside recycling in unincorporated Polk County being eliminated in 2024
District 1 County Commissioner, George Lindsey, said curbside recycling is counterproductive in unincorporated Polk County. According to him, the market to sell recycled goods has dried up and too much of it gets sent to their landfill.
Woman dedicated to helping Brooksville seniors after mother's passing
Sometimes we find our calling in unusual ways and that's what happened to Kelly Dunn when she moved her mom into a senior living facility.
USF preserves Egmont Key with 3D app as barrier island 'washes away'
Egmont Key, the barrier island between Pinellas and Manatee County, is a picture of paradise with a significant past, but it's vanishing before our eyes. Now, a team from the University of South Florida is trying to preserve it, while a group of environmentalists are hoping to save it.
Bay Area ovarian cancer foundation carries on founding member’s legacy to shine light on silent killer
One of the mottos of the Celma Mastry Ovarian Cancer Foundation is "one step closer to the cure" and it has taken many steps over the past 20 years to achieve that goal.
Bay Area non-profit empowers teens, young women through style choices
A Tampa Bay area non-profit is using clothes to help teens and young women with their self-esteem.
Bay Area breast cancer survivor finds purpose helping other patients
A woman who knows what it is like to undergo cancer treatment is trying to lessen the burden for current patients.
Bar and restaurant workers getting trained to save lives with narcan
As a peer support specialist for those in addiction recovery, Franki knows tragically it can be a matter of life or death.
Local sisters use their talents to write, illustrate children's books
When 13-year-old Haylyn Benton and her sister, 7-year-old Hadley aren't performing on stage, they are working together to write and illustrate children's books.