Tylisa Hampton joined News 6 in September 2025. She serves as Community Correspondent for Horizon West, Winter Garden, Windermere, Bay Hill and all of West Orange County.
Tylisa is a two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who is passionate about telling stories that inform, inspire, and make a difference. She is excited to join the News 6 team and serve the communities of Central Florida.
Over the past five years, Tylisa has built a reputation for delivering compelling, impactful journalism in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. From devastating tornadoes and tropical storms to high-profile breaking news and powerful human-interest stories, she is committed to reporting with accuracy, compassion, and purpose.
Tylisa earned two Mid-America Regional Emmys, which includes the Reporter – Live category for her coverage of major news events, including deadly tornadoes and the mass shooting in Fordyce, Arkansas. Throughout her career, she has also been nominated for and received multiple state journalism awards recognizing excellence in breaking news, feature reporting, and community impact.
Her reporting has taken her across the country—from Washington, D.C., covering stories on civil rights history, Supreme Court rulings, and national figures, to Alabama for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and California, where she spent a week embedded with local educators training alongside U.S. Marines. She has covered communities during some of their most difficult moments, including the aftermath of the Fordyce mass shooting, while also sharing stories that celebrate hope and resilience. While in the RGV, Tylisa covered a wide range of stories involving U.S. Border Patrol, including coverage of asylum-seekers entering South Texas through the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program and the evolving challenges surrounding immigration at the border.
Her work has also been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists' Arkansas Chapter and the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission for outstanding journalism and community impact.
Tylisa began her television career at CBS 4 and KVEO in Harlingen, Texas, where she was promoted to Weekend Anchor and Producer. A graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, she also interned with To The Contrary on PBS in Washington, D.C., covering Supreme Court rulings, and at KARK and FOX16 in Little Rock, learning from trusted local journalists.
Now proud to call Central Florida home, Tylisa looks forward to earning viewers' trust, highlighting the stories that matter most, and making meaningful connections throughout the communities she serves.
