Brian Wood is a television news anchor, reporter and managing editor

Managing editor

A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...

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Biography

Brian Woodhttp://www.answers.com/topic/brian-wood-journalist is currently anchor and reporter http://www.katu.com/about/people/anchors/19068359.html for KATU-TV in Portland, OR. From 2002 - 2008 he was the main anchor and managing editor http://www.abc2news.com/Sites/wmar/content/aboutus/bios/brianWood.aspx at WMAR-TV

WMAR-TV

WMAR-TV, channel 2, is the ABC affiliate television station in Baltimore, Maryland, owned by the broadcasting division of the E.W. Scripps Company...

 in Baltimore, MD.

He has also anchored and reported at KIRO-TV

KIRO-TV

KIRO-TV, virtual channel 7, is the CBS affiliate television station in Seattle, Washington. It broadcasts on digital channel 39. The station's offices and broadcasting center are located near Seattle Center in Belltown, and its transmitter is located on Queen Anne Hill...

 in Seattle, WA and KLAS-TV

KLAS-TV

KLAS-TV, virtual channel 8 , is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market; it is owned and operated by Landmark Media Enterprises...

 in Las Vegas, NV.

Notable

Brian Wood's live reporting as the Nisqually earthquake

Nisqually earthquake

The Nisqually earthquake was an intraslab earthquake, occurring at 10:54 a.m. PST . on February 28, 2001, and was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in Washington state history. The quake measured 6.8 on the MMS and lasted approximately 45 seconds. The epicenter of the earthquake was Anderson...

 hit Seattle on February 28, 2001 was broadcast internationally. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=quakemedia01&date=20010301 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/28/se.03.html.

He shares the 1992 Peabody Award

Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...

 for reporting the documentary “When the Salmon Runs Dry” which explored the causes and effects of the declining population of wild salmon in the Columbia River

Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...

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His work during the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan was featured in the The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is a newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, US. It is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington. It has been, since the demise in 2009 of the printed version of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle's only major daily print newspaper.-History:The Seattle Times...

 http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2735412&date=19980219&query=%22brian+wood%22

Brian Wood has earned four Emmy awards and several AP and Society of Professional Journalists awards for his reporting on, among other subjects, the Green River Killer, the deadly immigrant smuggling on container ships from Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and the sinking of the Interstate 90 floating bridge

Interstate 90 floating bridge

Interstate 90 floating bridge is the common name for the twin floating bridges that carry Interstate 90 across Lake Washington between Seattle and Mercer Island. They are:...

 in November 1990.

Wood graduated from the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 http://media411.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?c=13&k=534&Z= with an honors degree in Political Science and Communications. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...

 and attended Interlake High School

Interlake High School

Interlake High School, also known as IHS, is a public high school in Bellevue, Washington. The school is one of the six high schools in the Bellevue School District. It is known for its diversity, its students' scholarship, and the International Baccalaureate program located at the school. The...

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