"July 4th Floods"
Recipient of the Best breaking news coverage by a television station award in The Charles E. Green Awards (2025)
KBTX News TEAM, kbtx-tv
Judge’s Comments:
This entry gave a summary of the most current information for the broadcast date and time. The journalists humanized the stories with compelling interviews and video and offered the viewers the most detailed coverage of the story at the time for which this entry covered.
Lisa Parisot
Broadcast News Journalist 1978-1998
Judge’s Bio:
Broadcast News Journalist 1978-1998
WFAA-TV News-Dallas
Visual storytelling, newswriting, show producer, videographer, editor.
*Shared Emmy award for coverage of Amber Hagermen’s kidnapping and murder WFAA, Dallas, 1996
*Shared Emmy award for coverage of Lancaster, TX tornado WFAA, Dallas 1994
KERA-Dallas
“Child Safety: It’s No Accident” - hour long documentary on safety for children aired locally on WFAA and KERA and in national syndication.
Writer, producer, videographer
Teaching Experience 2006 - 2016
*University of North Texas, Lecturer, Mayborn School of Journalism teaching visual storytelling, photojournalism and newswriting.
*Northwestern University - Lecturer, Medill School of Journalism teaching visual storytelling.
*Texas Christian University - Lecturer, Schieffer College of Communication in the Journalism Department teaching Visual Storytelling, newswriting, producing and multimedia storytelling.
Lisa was a member of the National Press Photographers Association for more than 40 years. This organization promotes visual journalism and education. Parisot was a judge of the national Television news competition and an instructor at the News Video Workshop.
Parisot resides in Lebanon, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville where her interest in travel, art photography and watercolor painting keep her busy during retirement.
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