Forrest Sanders
Forrest Sanders is a solo video journalist at WSMV News 4 in Nashville. After a somewhat ‘unconventional’ path to news, he decided he wanted to write, shoot and edit his own stories in high school after watching The Evil Dead (it’s a long story).
Forrest is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and started his career at WBKO in Bowling Green, KY. He’s the recipient of 11 regional Emmy Awards for work he wrote, shot and edited and is an active member and strong proponent of the National Press Photographers Association. In 2018, he was runner-up for the Ernie Crisp Photographer of the Year.
Forrest believes in visual, emotion-driven storytelling that emphasizes the uniqueness of the person and situation at the center of the story. He thanks the Kentucky News Photographers Association for arranging for the governor to officially bestow him the title of ‘Kentucky Colonel.’ This designation has made him, yes, Colonel Sanders.