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Mike Manzoni
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 8:31 AM
Updated: Feb 27, 2012 11:22 AM
A New England native, Mike Manzoni joined KRIS 6 News and KZTV in October 2011 as a Multi-Media Journalist.
Before coming to the Coastal Bend, he worked briefly as a General Assignment Reporter at WFXL-TV FOX 31 News in Albany, Ga., where he covered a variety of beats, including politics, crime and education.
Manzoni has interned at WBZ-TV, the CBS station in Boston, where he worked at the assignment desk. He also interned at WCVB-TV, Boston's ABC affiliate and top-rated station, where he wrote for NewsCenter 5. In addition, Manzoni has interned in New York at FOX News Channel where he was a guest booker for the network's online programming and ABC News where he worked on the newsmagazines "20/20," and "Primetime."
During college, he was the News Director and Anchor for "Hofstra Today." He also anchored "Hofstra News Now," "NewsWatch 35," and moderated "Pride and Policy with Mike Manzoni," a political roundtable program on Hofstra Television. In addition, he was the Assistant News Director, Anchor, Reporter and Producer for WRHU-FM 88.7, the non-commercial radio station at Hofstra.
In 2010, Manzoni was recognized with a Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a story he produced for WRHU-FM on quitting smoking. He was also part of a team recognized by the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association for "Best Regularly Scheduled Local News Program," for his work on the station's newscast, "Newsline." In addition, he was twice awarded the Patricia A. Dyon Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Broadcast Journalism.
Manzoni earned a bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
If you have a story idea, please contact him at mmanzoni@kristv.com, "like," him on facebook or follow him on Twitter.
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