Zak Dahlheimer

An award-winning journalist and passionate storyteller, Zak Dahlheimer is excited to be back in his home state of Florida as an anchor and reporter for WCTV Eyewitness News.

You can catch Zak co-anchoring Eyewitness News at 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. with Abby Walton. He also enjoys working on in-depth, investigative stories with the WCTV Investigates unit and community-focused projects.

Zak is no stranger to the Florida Panhandle, spending part of his time in college at FSU.

Throughout his career, Zak has covered numerous major breaking news events, high profile court cases, local and national elections, investigative stories, and a variety of weather events including wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes as an anchor and investigative reporter in Norfolk, Virginia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Palm Springs, California, and Panama City Beach, Florida.

He also served as a member of the Virginia Area Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society, a cause that’s very close to him being a testicular cancer survivor.

Zak graduated Cum Laude from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications with a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication and an outside concentration in Political Science. He also graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri with a Master of Arts in Journalism.

Zak is an adjunct professor in journalism at the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University. He also serves as a member of the UF CJC’s Department of Journalism Advisory Council.

Zak has been nominated for multiple regional Emmys and has won awards from the Virginia Association of Broadcasters, the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters, Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC), Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Association and National Broadcasting Society.

Outside of work, Zak enjoys traveling, playing guitar, going to concerts and pro wrestling shows, and cheering on the Florida Gators!

Zak is ecstatic to be living in Tallahassee and working for the Big Bend and South Georgia! If you have a story idea, feel free to send him an email or connect with him on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.