Jason Barry
Reporter
Arizona's Family
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He is a nine-time Rocky Mountain Emmy Award winner who is best known for his weekly Dirty Dining reports, which highlight local restaurants with major health code violations.
Jason was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Miami.
An avid sports fan, Jason follows the Diamondbacks, Cardinals and Suns with his wife, Karen, and son, Joshua.
His favorite stories to cover are the station’s Pay it Forward segments, which reward members of the community with $500 for going ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty to help others.
Jason started his career at WBTW-TV in Florence, SC, before moving to WALA-TV in Mobile, AL. He was named the Associated Press Reporter of the Year in 2002.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2023 at 3:51 AM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The 63-year-old man had to be airlifted out of the Grand Canyon after separating his shoulder during a hike with his friends.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 8:41 AM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The Phoenix woman said she is still trying to figure out why an angry driver came after her.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 9:13 PM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A UPS driver is calling it a career after spending 50 years making deliveries.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 7:32 AM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
An expert said the recent coyote attacks on kids are alarming because it’s extremely rare for coyotes to be that aggressive with people.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM CST
|By Jason Barry and Jordan Gartner
A family says their child was attacked by an out-of-control dog at an area park.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 3:41 PM CST
|By Jason Barry and Andrew McMunn
An Arizona family is grieving the loss of a 29-year-old husband and father who was killed Monday in an apparent act of road rage.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 4:06 PM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
A homeless family was found living in a makeshift Arizona campground with 150 dogs that were well cared for, according to officials.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 12:56 PM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Gray News staff
The political prankster had no idea his fun little stunt would create such a buzz on social media,
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Jason Barry and Emily Van de Riet
An all-out “cookie war” is heating up in the metro-Phoenix area.