Madison Hardcastle joined KATV as a Digital Content Producer in August 2022.
An Arkansas native, Madison grew up in Hot Springs and was a graduate of Lake Hamilton High School. From there she continued her education at Henderson State University in the fall of 2018.
During her time at HSU, she reported and anchored the university’s television station as well as wrote for The Oracle, the university’s newspaper.
Madison also held the social media chair position for Alpha Xi Delta. In May 2022, she graduated with her bachelor's degree in Mass Media Communications.
In her senior year at HSU, Madison won two awards for Television Breaking News and Television News Reporting from the Arkansas College Media Association.
Since beginning her career at KATV, Madison has begun to explore her journalistic abilities writing for the website, managing the social media, and collecting news from across the state.
In her spare time, Madison likes to spend the weekends going out to eat, working out, and spending time with her friends.