Consumer Technology Reporter Jamey Tucker started providing his daily “What the Tech” stories to Action 8 News in 2019. He can be seen on Action 8 News Rising as well as Action 8 News at 5:00 and 5:30PM.
Jamey previously worked as a reporter for WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee. He was also an anchor and reporter for WREG in Memphis, Tennessee, and WHNT in Huntsville.
Jamey has been honored by the Associated Press in Alabama as Best Reporter and Best Feature reporter for his work as a religion reporter. His love for technology reporting grew while working in Nashville. Jamey now focuses entirely on technology reporting and enjoys finding new apps and gadgets to make life easier, safer and a little more fun.
Jamey and his wife have three children and are the proud owners of a hairless cat.
You can follow Jamey and submit story ideas and questions on X at @jameytucker.
The Montgomery Police Department has made an arrest in the Wednesday, April 13, shooting death of 21-year-old Anthony Rogers of Montgomery. MPD detectives charged James Thomas, 21, of Montgomery with one count of murder. Thomas turned himself in to MPD detectives on April…
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[gtxvideo vid="eLqs3Dzl" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/eLqs3Dzl-120.jpg?cachebust=1460691519261" vtitle="4/14/16 Ryan 10PM Forecast"] CLOUDY, COOL, DAMP: These words are the best way to describe the weather across Alabama, and much of the Southeast. We continue to deal with scattered showers, clouds, some peeks of…
[gtxvideo vid="h9zafCVn" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/h9zafCVn-120.jpg?cachebust=1460646880277" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_13_22_12_18"] Real estate website Movoto.com, recently ranked the largest 10 cities in Alabama from first to worst. Montgomery ranked near the middle at #6. Some say that Montgomery deserves to be there. "Actually, overall I think…
The Alabama House of Representatives is expected to vote next week to establish a 15-person investigatory committee to probe the possible impeachment of Governor Robert Bentley. Bentley last month acknowledged making sexually charged remarks to a female aide but denies…
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[gtxvideo vid="Yamlt4Cy" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/Yamlt4Cy-120.jpg?cachebust=1460561988105" vtitle="biscuits home opener"] Fans filled Riverwalk Stadium to support the Montgomery Biscuits in their season's home opener. The Biscuits faced off against the Mississippi Braves Tuesday night. Reporter Sarah Cantey was there to get fans…
[gtxvideo vid="toWUmc9u" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/toWUmc9u-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560738246" vtitle="WAKA_2016_04_12_22_00_18"] Arica Watkins-Smith got 58.4 percent over Collins' 41.5 percent. Collins was appointed to the board to fill Beverly Ross' seat after she passed away last year. Watkins-Smith says her motto is "leadership focused on…
[gtxvideo vid="p6i0SefS" playlist="" pid="2gxTqEDg" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/p6i0SefS-120.jpg?cachebust=1460560810649" vtitle="election results"] Alabama voters returned to the polls Tuesday to decide several runoff races to choose party nominees for the November General Election. In our area, the races included the state school board seat for…
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