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NBC Affiliate WTVJ Partners With Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
1/17/2013
MiRAMAR,
FLA. -- NBC 6 South
Florida is teaming up with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting to
enhance its local investigative reporting capabilities. The new partnership
between the non-profit organization and WTVJ’s new consumer and investigative
unit, will include developing stories together, conducting research and
investigations and sharing content.
“Since we
launched the Team 6 Investigators unit last year, they have been busy
enterprising stories and shining a spotlight on issues that affect South
Florida,” said Manuel Martinez, NBC 6 president and general manager. “This new
partnership with Florida Center for Investigative Reporting will complement our
efforts and strengthen our ability to focus attention on more diverse
investigations that are important to our viewers and the community we serve.”
The WTVJ Team
6 Investigators unit launched in 2012 with a mission of getting answers to
issues and concerns for South Florida residents, the station said. The team
serves as a viewer advocacy voice committed to the public interest. Members of
the unit include three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, attorney and Gulf
War fighter pilot, Willard Shepard, whose legal skills have helped reveal how
families can protect their daily finances, home, credit and investments; Myriam
Masihy, whose investigative reporting has earned six Emmy Awards and helped
shut down companies accused of ripping people off; veteran reporter Diana
Gonzalez who has won numerous awards including five Emmy Awards, most recently
for coverage of medical needs in Haiti after the earthquake; and trained meteorologist
and consumer expert, Trina Robinson, who has garnered multiple journalism
awards from Emmys to a Green Eyeshade Award from the Society of Professional
Journalism.
This
partnership with Florida Center for Investigative Reporting is the sixth such
agreement among NBC O&Os. Similar agreements exist in New York, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Diego, WTVJ said.
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