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Mike Lowe
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Award-winning
reporter Mike Lowe joined WFMZ-TV in December of 2005 as the
Easton-Phillipsburg Bureau Chief.
Before joining WFMZ, Lowe lived in Berlin, Germany, where he worked for
Deutsche Welle TV and Radio, reporting on Europe’s response to United
States foreign policy and the European view of the presidential
election, among other topics.
Before that, he worked as a general assignment reporter for WLNS-TV
(CBS) in Lansing, Michigan, covering politics and the auto industry.
While Lowe’s career has focused mainly on public affairs journalism –
including stints at WTTW-TV (PBS) in Chicago and as public affairs
director and host of the live call-in program “Feedback” on WNUR-FM in
Chicago – his background also includes extensive sports reporting
experience. He has served as a sports reporter and fill-in weekend
anchor at KTKA-TV (ABC) in Topeka, Kansas; sports director of WNUR-FM,
and on the production side for ESPN, FOX Sports, and WGN-TV.
Lowe’s feature reporting has been acclaimed and honored. He was
nominated for a Mid-Atlantic Emmy in 2006, and won a 2006 AP award for
feature reporting. In college, Lowe won several regional awards and a
national first place award from the Society of Professional Journalists
for in-depth radio reporting.
Lowe is the winner of the prestigious Newton Minow fellowship, named for
the nation’s first FCC chairman and the Robert Bosch Foundation
Fellowship.
In 2001, Lowe was awarded with the John Drury Scholarship from the
Chicago-Midwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences.
A native of Evanston, Illinois, Lowe holds both M.S. and B.S. degrees in
journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism,
where he received the Harrington Award – the top student honor.
Lowe welcomes your story ideas. Feel free to contact him at mike.lowe@wfmz.com
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