Trent Bennett

Trent Bennett is an Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award winning journalist who anchors KTLV News at 10 weeknights.

Trent was born and raised in Longview and is not your typical journalist. He did not study journalism in college or planned to have a career in television news when attending school at Stephen F. Austin State University. He did, however, take several acting classes both on stage and for the camera. He even starred in roles for The Texas Shakespeare Festival and The School of Theatre and Dance at SFA.

While attending college Trent purchased a camera and began taking photos of his actor friends who needed headshot portraits for their move to California or New York. He used that same camera to record several mock news stories to send to several News stations with the hopes of getting a job or internship.

Within a week of recording the few videos and posting them on YouTube, Trent landed his first job in TV News at another media outlet in East Texas.

He went from being a reporter to a primary evening anchor during that time.

Since then, Trent's storytelling has been showcased on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. CNN and even ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.

He was also featured in Nexstar Media Group's debut of News Nation as a reporter when Hurricane Laura struck Southwestern Louisiana.

Most recently he worked as an anchor and reporter in Southwest Florida where Trent actively covered several hurricanes

including Hurricane Ian which made landfall in 2021 as a high-end category 4 hurricane.

Hurricane Ian is considered one of the deadliest and costliest storms to ever hit the Florida Gulf Coast.

Trent is grateful his career has brought him back home in a larger role working for the news station he grew up watching (mostly on tornado warning days or snow days).