Greg Nieto

Reporter

Greg Nieto has been with KWGN since 2000. He is an original member of the Daybreak morning team. He began appearing on FOX 31 Good Day Colorado in the spring of 2009.

Born in Denver, raised in the San Francisco bay area, he went to school at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has worked in television in Yuma, Arizona, Yakima, Washington and Orange County, California before coming home to Denver.

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Nieto has won two National Press Photographer Association awards for his work on projects.

He is active in the community, volunteering as a "Big Brother" in the "Sports Buddies" mentoring program in the metro area.

Recording for the blind and dyslexic is also close to his heart, as is his cousin Diana Lee, who recently died of breast cancer.

A big history and Bronco fan, Nieto is especially proud of his Mexican-American heritage and of the opportunity to be a part of the Channel 2 team!

Recent Articles

  • CO gas costs $0.19 more per gallon than U.S. average this Memorial Day

    Posted on: 8:39 am, May 24, 2013, by and , updated on: 08:52pm, May 24, 2013

    DENVER –  It is considered the unofficial “start of Summer,” but not everybody is hitting the highway. Rising gas prices...
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  • Windsor residents recall deadly tornado, 5 years later

    Posted on: 7:40 pm, May 20, 2013, by

    WINDSOR, Colo. — If anybody knows what the people of Oklahoma are going through, it’s the residents of Windsor. Five...
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    Windsor, Colo. damage from tornado May 2008
  • Former meth addict turns his life around

    Posted on: 6:53 pm, May 19, 2013, by , updated on: 06:54pm, May 19, 2013

    DENVER – Shawn Brndiar has gone from addict to top of his class. The 37-year-old, former methamphetamine addict, just graduated from...
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  • Powerball fever hits Colorado as jackpot grows to $600 million; winning numbers announced

    Posted on: 6:11 pm, May 18, 2013, by and , updated on: 02:48pm, May 19, 2013

    DENVER — Coloradans waited in long lines Saturday, hoping to snag a piece of the $600 million Powerball jackpot. The...
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  • Veterans compete at 2013 Warrior games in Colo. Springs

    Posted on: 9:20 pm, May 11, 2013, by

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Greg Nieto shares stories about the veterans competing at the  2013 Warrior games in Colorado Springs.
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  • Residents of Sterling concerned about conditions at cemetery

    Posted on: 6:45 pm, May 6, 2013, by

    STERLING, Colo. — Monday, members of the Colorado Association of Cemeteries took a look at what some residents in the...
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  • Cemetery concerns in Sterling

    Posted on: 11:20 am, May 6, 2013, by

    Among the headstones of lives well-lived at the Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Sterling are names very close to Jerry Bauder’s...
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  • Thousands of runners come out for the Cherry Creek Sneak

    Posted on: 6:22 pm, April 28, 2013, by

    Thousands of runners turn out for the Cherry Creek Sneak, Denver's first major footrace since the Boston Marathon bombing.
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    Cherry Creek Sneak
  • Pope calls Colo. boy’s recovery miracle, skeptics scoff at ‘cured diarrhea’

    Posted on: 5:38 pm, April 14, 2013, by and , updated on: 10:19am, April 16, 2013

    Sisters of the Mt. St. Francis Order in Colorado Springs talk about receiving the "miracle" designation from Rome after praying for sick boy.
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  • Man accused of killing Denver officer Celena Hollis pleads guilty

    Posted on: 1:47 pm, April 12, 2013, by and , updated on: 09:46pm, April 12, 2013

    DENVER — In the same week a fund-raiser run/walk was established bearing her name, the first step toward justice for...
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  • Residents learning more about $1.8 billion I-70 project through Denver

    Posted on: 9:59 pm, April 11, 2013, by

    DENVER — Mark Wonder says when the I-70 East Corridor Project begins, his house near York Street will be the...
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  • Some parents angry about news of teacher firings at kids’ school

    Posted on: 10:33 pm, February 4, 2013, by and

    DENVER — Some parents attended a sometimes heated meeting in the school library at Centennial Elementary in Denver Monday night....
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