Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson anchors the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts weeknights on FOX 13.
An Emmy award-winning reporter and anchor with more than 22 years’ worth of experience traveling the world and sharing the stories of the people of the Tampa Bay area, Mark would like to think he learned from the best. His father is former FOX 13 anchor John Wilson.
An honors graduate of Florida State University, Mark anchored his station's top rated newscasts in Raleigh, NC and 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, earned an Emmy for his reports recently following a string of deadly tornadoes in Alabama, and most recently from the scene of the deadly Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. But his standout assignments came in 2005 embedding with a group of U.S. Army Reservists during the height of the war in Iraq and in 2011 when he was invited to the White House for an exclusive interview with President Obama.
Mark’s active in several charities, including the March of Dimes, Southeastern Guide Dogs 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 daughters, or chasing his two golden retrievers, he’s probably got a guitar in his hand.
If you’d like to contact Mark, you can email him at Mark.Wilson@FOXtv.com. You can also connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @MarkWilsonTV.
The latest from Mark Wilson
Competitive cornhole boosts benefits for Tampa Bay area
Cornhole has become a cash sport that means big bucks for players and cities.
Bay Area oyster farmers building back Florida's aquaculture industry
A Bay Area couple is working to build back Florida's oyster industry after the Apalachicola Bay oyster fishery was shut down. They now manage the first aquaculture oyster farm in the history of Tampa Bay.
FOX 13’s inaugural ‘Golden Bowl’ pits our 'vets' against our 'pups'
It's finally time for the big game here in Tampa Bay, the one with wagging rights and the FOX 13 ‘Lombarky’ trophy on the line.
Lakeland teen filmmaker recognized by Cannes Film Festival
Filmmaking is a calling for director Josh Ceranic. A native of Lakeland, Ceranic honed his writing and directing skills in high school, at the Harrison School for the Arts.
Great white shark bites boat in Gulf waters off Tampa Bay
The boaters were fishing about 65 miles off the coast of the Tampa Bay area when a massive great white shark approached, taking a bite out of one of their boat's motors.
Rewind: Cassettes are making a pop-culture comeback
Your computer and your phone can deliver whatever song or album you want, when you want it, with a simple click. But a growing number of music lovers is pressing rewind to embrace the old school -- cassette tapes.
Organization wants to dispel myths, misconceptions about bats
Bats play an important role in our ecosystem and that's why many Floridians are choosing to build bat houses in their backyards.
Tampa, St. Petersburg create unique opportunities to save hometown restaurants devastated by pandemic
Restaurant owner says operating at 50% capacity is tough and the extra costs are adding up.
Governor DeSantis encourages those with COVID-19 antibodies to donate plasma
Approximately 1,000 COVID-19 antibody tests are conducted across Florida each day, and 20 percent of those tests have positive results, Governor Ron DeSantis said while holding a round-table discussion in Tallahassee Thursday.
‘Mr. Tommy’ leaves rock and roll in the rearview, pursues childhood trucking dream
Tommy Girvin and his signature top hat have been entertaining children in the Tampa Bay area for more than 14 years.