Blue Ridge Communications TV-13 is announcing two changes within its staff.

Alyssa Kratz, who was previously the Valley Report producer at TV-13, is now a general assignment reporter at the station.

She started at TV-13 in July of 2017 as an associate producer for the Night Report before being promoted to producer five months later. Alyssa graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree and high honors in media and communications along with a business administration minor.

Emily Kress has filled the position of Valley Report producer. Emily started her career with TV-13 in April of 2018, also as an associate producer for the Night Report. Emily is a lifelong resident of Hamilton Township. She graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in digital media communications.