"Brown water investigation leads to new laws"
Recipient of the Best INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY A TELEVISION STATION award in The Charles E. Green Awards (2025)
Courtney Friedman, Adam Barraza
KSAT
Judge’s Comments: Coming Soon
Judge: Frank Volpicella
Judge’s Bio:
Frank Volpicella is a veteran journalist and TV news director who recently semi-retired after a 43-year career in TV news. Volpicella served as news director at stations in Atlanta, Austin, Tulsa, Lexington and Huntsville, Alabama. He was news director at KVUE in Austin for 16 years. During his time at KVUE the station won a Peabody award and a national Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence.
Volpicella also worked as a reporter, producer, executive producer, special projects producer and managing editor at stations in Jacksonville, Florida, Oklahoma City and Tampa Florida.
He graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.
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