Derek Patton News Photographer

03/09/2020

Gov. Lee press conference Sept. 3, 2020.

01/09/2020

About to operate a live shot on the pedestrian bridge!

18/08/2020

UT AD and former VOLS coach Phillip Fulmer speaking at Gov. Lee’s press conference.

13/08/2020

Governor Lee’s press conference for 8-13-2020.

07/08/2020

Waiting to hear from the new police chief!

07/08/2020

Covering the Tennessee Republican Primary for the U.S. Senate today with candidate Dr. Manny Sethi’s headquarters.

21/07/2020

Brooke Reese about to go live. We are waiting to see if students are going to be required to wear masks in Rutherford County Schools

16/07/2020

I just went live with CB Cotton.

14/07/2020

I just finished a 4pm live shot on Lower Broadway with Brooke Reese, we will be live again here at 5pm.

09/07/2020

Several attendees at the Charlie Daniels memorial service.

08/07/2020

Stephanie and Armondo interviewing Trace Adkins at Charlie Daniels memorial service.

08/07/2020

Rainbow 🌈 over Charlie Daniels memorial service.

08/07/2020

Stephanie about to go live in Mt. Juliet before the Charlie Daniels memorial service.

08/07/2020

Wilson County officials encourage everyone to wear masks.

06/07/2020

Sumner County mayor issues executive order requiring everyone to wear masks in public spaces.

30/06/2020

Summer County EMS giving updates to the COVID 19 situation in Sumner County.

19/06/2020

Beautiful day in Downtown Nashville!

25/10/2019

28/09/2019

Mayor Cooper giving a speech after being sworn in earlier.

30/08/2019

I edited the video for this story.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/sros-in-williamson-co-schools-testing-vapes-for-thc/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WKRN-TV_Nashville

SROs at Wilson County Schools also test for THC.

15/08/2019

Adam about to go live earlier in front of Riverbend Prison.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-set-to-execute-inmate-stephen-west-by-electrocution-thursday/

01/05/2019

I interviewed Dierks Bentley at the CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence Awards.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw6Nb55nUOv/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1l9sohdmnjorv

06/04/2019

I worked on this story today with Adam!

The tent city beneath Ellington Parkway and Spring Street was once one of the largest homeless camps in the city.  

02/04/2019

The S.T.O.P. campaign aims to keep students safe in Murfreesboro.

I shot and edited this story on Monday. (4-1-2019)

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/murfreesboro-police-start-new-campaign-to-catch-bus-stop-sign-violators/1893886467

Sergeant Scott Newberg with Murfreesboro Police hears the same complaints from bus drivers every day.

28/03/2019

Cars speeding in a Mt. Juliet neighborhood. I worked on this story with Kim this past Monday. 3-25-2019

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/mt-juliet-eyes-improvements-in-neighborhood-to-curb-reckless-driving-speeding/1877204326

Emily Taylor lives in the Tuscan Gardens neighborhood where she says speeding causes chaos all times of the day.  

05/03/2019

Bill Lee delivering the State of the State speech.

24/02/2019

Floating trash can! This was some video I captured on Rosa L Parks Blvd in front of the Nashville Farmer's Market earlier. Be careful out there!

20/02/2019

I shot and edited the video for this story, with Kim. (2-19-2019)

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville-nonprofit-adopting-out-storm-drains-to-residents-to-reduce-flood-waters/1795149356?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WKRN-TV_Nashville&fbclid=IwAR1UDKvI9kQaq84bWwSkzRJrXzYtgkBxgWmep6-5X6oxeqSaZLcz12qQRQQ

Jana Deluna sees all types of trash in the storm drains near her home on Spence Enclave Lane.  

11/01/2019

I worked with Jessica on this yesterday (01-09-2018). I shot and edited the video for this story.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/gallatin-pd-requests-endangered-child-alert-27-days-after-teen-goes-missing/1694665079

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Endangered Child Alert for a missing Gallatin teen. 

01/12/2018

Ride along Adam and I did with Mt. Juliet police.

I edited this for Friday, Nov. 30, 2018

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/ride-along-mt-juliet-police-takes-down-dangerous-drivers-in-school-zones/1631389642

Starting Friday, undercover officers followed behind school buses, looking for drivers who ignore student safety.  

27/11/2018

Police are still looking for one of the suspects.

I shot and edited the video in this story. (11-26-2018)

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/1-in-custody-1-at-large-after-15-year-old-shot-in-greenbrier/1619693122

Michael Ezzo lives on Edgar Dillard Road in Greenbrier, where he heard gunshots near his home Sunday night. 

22/11/2018

Doing live hits at London’s Lights in La Vergne! 300,000 lights

22/11/2018

I worked with Adam on this story.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

https://www.wkrn.com/news/mother-daughters-killed-in-double-murder-suicide-at-west-nashville-condo/1611742095

The discovery was made at The Cloister at St. Henry, a 55 and up neighborhood located between highways 70 and 100.

21/11/2018

I shot and edited this story with Kim on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/neighborhood-uses-high-tech-to-fight-back-against-crime/1608124239

Every car from its color to its tag gets photographed, saved, and sent to a database that Ron Carlson and other homeowners in the Stockett Creek community can look up if there's ever a crime.

16/11/2018

A Boy Scout gear trailer was stolen. I shot and edited the video in this story with Kim. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/boy-scouts-shocked-by-theft-of-trailer-filled-with-camping-gear-from-church-parking-lot/1600717938

Scout Master Terry Luckett says he was shocked after he pulled into the parking lot of St. Stephen Catholic Community on Tuesday and saw nothing in the parking space where their trailer is kept but a few bricks.