09 Oct WITI FOX6 Milwaukee Nominated for 26 Emmy Awards
Station Nominated for Most Awards in Milwaukee Market
Including Best Investigative Report, Best Feature News, Best News Specialty, Best On-Camera Talent
WITI FOX 6, Tribune Media’s Milwaukee broadcast television station, is pleased to announce the station has been nominated for 26 Emmy Awards by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter, garnering more nominations than any other station in the market. The award ceremony will be held on November 7 at Chicago’s Redmoon Theater. The event will be broadcast live from 7-9 p.m. on Chicago’s CLTV and WITI’s 6.2 digital channel in Milwaukee.
FOX6 News was nominated in the following categories:
- Category 4-a — Investigative Report (Single Story): “Lord of Distress” Bryan Polcyn, Stephen Davis, Dave Michuda, John LaPorte, Joe Wagener, Josh Dewar, Jerry Imig
- Category 4-b — Investigative Report (Series): “Silence of the Sheriff” Bryan Polcyn, Stephen Davis, Dave Michuda, John LaPorte, Josh Dewar, Tim Primeau, Jeffrey Frings, Andrew Konkle
- Category 5-b — Feature News Report (Serious Series – Hard): “No Further Questions” Meghan Dwyer, Andrew Konkle, Dave Michuda, Kale Zimny, Jeffrey Frings, Kevin Doellman
- Category 5-c — Feature News Report (Light Feature/Series – Soft): “The Rome Regatta” Mike Lowe, Jerry Imig
- Category 6-b — News Specialty (Business/Consumer News – Feature or Series): “Towing the Line” Bryan Polcyn, Stephen Davis, Dave Michuda, John LaPorte, Joe Wagener, Jim Wilson, Susanne Barthel, Kale Zimny, Jeffrey Frings, Andrew Konkle
- Category 6-c — News Specialty (Crime News – Feature or Series): “Sex Trafficking” Beverly Taylor, Jeremy Mews, Kale Zimny, Andrew Konkle, Dave Michuda
- Category 6-c — News Specialty (Crime News – Feature or Series): “Blacked Out: Injustice on Campus” Meghan Dwyer, Dave Michuda, Jeffrey Frings, Kale Zimny, Andrew Konkle, Jeremy Mews
- Category 6-d — News Specialty (Education/Schools News – Feature or Series): “Liam’s Voice” Krystle Kacner, Susanne Barthel
- Category 6-d — News Specialty (Education/Schools News – Feature or Series): “University of Phoenix Misleading Students” Meghan Dwyer, Dave Michuda, Jim Wilson, Andrew Konkle, Tim Primeau
- Category 6-d — News Specialty (Education/Schools News – Feature or Series): “Voucher School Debate”
- Category 6-e: News Specialty (Health/Science – Feature or Series): “Turning the Tables: The Zero Waste Restaurant” Mike Lowe, Tim Viste
- Category 6-f — News Specialty (Health/Science News – Feature or Series): “The Sum of the Parts” Mike Lowe, Kale Zimny, Craig Sween
- Category 6-f — News Specialty (Health/Science News – Feature or Series): “Trickett’s Story” Brad Hicks, Kale Zimny
- Category 6-h — News Specialty (Politics/Government News – Feature or Series): “Dark Money” Mike Lowe, Tim Viste, Susanne Barthel, Dave Michuda, Tim Primeau, John LaPorte, Sean Towle
- Category 6-h — News Specialty (Politics/Government News – Feature or Series): “Food Stamp FB” Meghan Dwyer, Dave Michuda, Kale Zimny, Jeffrey Frings
- Category 6-j — News Specialty (Religion News – Feature or Series): “Ashes To Go” Mike Lowe, Andrew Konkle
- Category 6-j — News Specialty (Religion News – Feature or Series): “As Faith Would Have It” Andrew Konkle, Jonathon Gregg
- Category 6-k — News Specialty (Sports — Feature or Series): “Cheeseheads in Seattle” Brad Hicks, Kale Zimny, Craig Sween
- Category 6-m — News Specialty (Specialty Assignment Report News – Feature or Series): “Risk on the Rails” Brad Hicks, Jeffrey Frings, Kale Zimny, Craig Sween, Jim Wilson
- Category 21-a — On-Camera Talent (News Anchor): Brad Hicks
- Category 21-b — On-Camera Talent (Anchor – Weather): Rob Haswell composite
- Category 21-f — On-Camera Talent (Reporter – General Assignment/Features): Brad Hicks: Commitment to ALS
- Category 21-g — On-Camera Talent (Reporter – Investigative): Meghan Dwyer composite
- Category 26-a — Editor (News): Andrew Konkle
- Category 27-a — Photographer (News): Andrew Konkle
- Category 28-a — Writer (News): Mike Lowe
“I am so very proud of all of our nominees,” said Vice President of News, John LaPorte. “They work very hard to serve all of the viewers of our community. It motivates them every day. We are honored to have that work recognized by our fellow journalists.”
For more information please visit: http://fox6now.com/
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