Jere Gish is a 1993 graduate of Manheim Central High School and a 1997 graduate of Penn State University where he earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. While at Manheim Central High School, Jere was a member of the Manheim Central Student Council and the National Honor Society. He lettered in baseball and tennis and was the number one player on the tennis team his senior year. He was also involved in the Manheim Central theater program, appearing in both plays and musicals during his high school career.

Jere is currently a news anchor and reporter at WGAL News 8 in Lancaster, where he anchors the morning news weekday mornings from 4:30 to 7:00 am. He first joined WGAL as a weekend morning anchor and reporter in 2002 before moving to KMBC in Kansas City for five years. He returned to WGAL in 2009 and teamed up with Lori Burkholder on News 8 Today. Jere has also worked at WENY in Elmira, New York, WJAC in Johnstown, PA, as well as WTAJ in Altoona, PA.

Jere has covered everything from Supreme Court hearings to hurricanes during his journalism career, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He received an Edward R. Murrow award for “Troubled Waters,” a series of reports on the cleanup effort of the Chesapeake Bay. He also won an Emmy award for “Open for Business,” a series of reports in which Jere followed three Susquehanna Valley entrepreneurs as they opened new businesses in the middle of a slow economy. Jere has also received several Associated Press Awards for his reporting.

He serves as Master of Ceremonies at area banquets and was the Keynote Speaker Manheim Central’s Commencement in 2014. In his free time, Jere enjoys running, reading and spending time with his two children, Jack and Kate.