Joe McCoy is joining ABC13 KTRK Houston as a reporter, arriving from KARE 11 in Minneapolis, where he has worked as a dayside and weekend reporter since July 2024.
Before moving to Minneapolis, McCoy spent more than a year at WQAD News 8, the TEGNA-owned station in the Quad Cities, where he worked as a multimedia journalist and weekend anchor. He joined WQAD in 2022 as an intern before being hired full-time in January 2023, covering local news across eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
McCoy is a graduate of Augustana College, where he earned a degree in journalism and economics. While in college, he was actively involved in broadcasting and student media, including serving as a sports broadcaster and hosting a weekly football radio show covering NFL analysis and commentary.
He also worked as a play-by-play announcer for QCSportsNet, calling high school football and basketball games across the Quad Cities region, and served as a reporting intern for WVIK, Quad Cities NPR.
(Thanks, Taylor!)
