Wendy Saltzman

Wendy Saltzman, Chief Investigative Reporter CBS Atlanta News

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Wendy Saltzman is a two-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter who joined the CBS Atlanta News Investigative team in September of 2005.  She has been honored with the Georgia Association of Broadcasters award for Best Anchor/Reporter in Georgia for three consecutive years in a row.   Her stories focus primarily on political corruption, public waste, and hidden camera reports. Saltzman has worked as an Investigative Reporter in Texas, Michigan, and Florida. She has also been profiled on national talk shows like “The John Walsh Show” for her reporting. Wendy moved to Atlanta to help launch CBS Atlanta’s Investigative Team.  While here, she won an Emmy for Investigative Reporting for a hidden camera report which exposed a high tech identity crime ring.  Three people were arrested and criminally prosecuted as a result of her report.  Wendy has been recognized nationally for her work, and she is one of only three reporters in the United States who was nominated for the National Emmy for Investigative Reporting in 2009 for local television news. She has also been honored with 6 additional Emmy Nominations, for a total of 7 personal Emmy nominations during her career. Wendy moved to Atlanta from Orlando, where she worked for the CBS station WKMG-TV. Saltzman was nominated for an Emmy and gained state-wide recognition for a hidden camera investigation into public officials attending a tax-payer funded junket in Las Vegas. Saltzman was named Best News Reporter by Orlando Magazine, and she has been honored with multiple awards for her Investigative, Consumer, and Criminal Justice Reporting. Wendy’s reports also resulted in the change of a law which overhauled a public transportation agency in Florida. Saltzman worked for CBS News before becoming an Investigative Reporter. She began her career working for “The Evening News with Dan Rather,” where she covered the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. If you have an investigative story idea and would like to talk to Wendy for help, please contact her at (404) 327-3031. Or you can send her an e-mail at [email protected] ...

WENDY L. SALTZMAN [email protected] e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.WendySaltzman.com EXPERIENCE: CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER- WGCL-TV Atlanta, GA, Sept 2005- Current. Chief Investigative Reporter in charge of starting Investigative Team at Atlanta CBS Affiliate (DMA #8). Emmy Award Winner for Investigative Reporting- plus GA Assoc. Press Best Anchor/Reporter for second year in a row. Nominated for a national Emmy for Investigative Reporting in 2008. Specialize in government waste, corruption, and computer database reporting. Write, produce, investigate tips from start to finish. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER- WKMG-TV Orlando, FL, August 2002 – Sept 2005. Two time Emmy-Nominated Investigative Reporter for the CBS Affiliate in Orlando, FL (DMA #20). Investigations prompted change in Florida Laws. Focus on political corruption, waste of taxpayer funds, and hidden camera investigations. Awarded Orlando’s “Best News Reporter,” & “Story of the Year,” by Orlando Magazine. Multiple Award-Winner. Also covered breaking news live shots. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER - WWMT-TV Kalamazoo, MI, September 1999 – August 2002. Chief Investigative Reporter in charge of launching I-Team (DMA#38). Work undercover and with hidden cameras. Also headed the Grand Rapids Bureau. Sole Reporter in charge of covering the largest city in the Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek viewing area. Responsible for generating story ideas, producing reports, breaking news, general assignments, daily live shots, and top news stories. Anchor special projects. Multi Award-Winner for investigations, consumer, and business reports. REPORTER - KWTX-TV Waco, TX, December 1997 - September 1999. News Reporter for the number one station in the Waco-Temple-Bryan Market (DMA#94). Duties included: covering top stories, field reporting and live shots, breaking news coverage, anchoring up-dates and cut-ins, editing, and investigating leads. Top reporter for coverage of the 5 year anniversary of the government siege on the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - CBS NETWORK NEWS, June 1996 - November 1997. Field Producer for “The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.” Investigated story ideas, researched leads, and interviewed sources. Produced news segments for the CBS Evening News. Directed live shots and field production. Lead AP for the networks coverage of the Timothy McVeigh Trial, Terry Nichols Trail, and Jon-Benet Ramsey investigation. Helped produce a national Emmy nominated CBS Evening News broadcast on the night of the McVeigh verdict in Denver. AWARDS: Georgia Associated Press- Best Anchor / Reporter Large Market, 2009 and 2010. Emmy Award Winner 2006, “Investigative Reporting.” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards National Emmy Award Nomination, 2008, “Investigative Reporting,” National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Emmy Award Nomination, 2011, “On Camera Talent- Reporter- Investigative,” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Emmy Award Nomination, 2011, “Business / Consumer News,” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Emmy Award Nomination, 2010, “Investigative Reporting,” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Emmy Award Nomination 2010, “Continuing Coverage.” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Emmy Award Nomination 2010, “On Camera Talent- Specialized Reporting,” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards. Emmy Award Nomination 2007, “Specialty Assignment Report.” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards Emmy Award Nomination 2007, “Interactive News Report.” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards Emmy Award Nomination 2006 and 2010, “Health/ Science News.” Southeast Regional Emmy Awards Emmy Award Nomination 2005, “Investigative Reporting.” Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Emmy Award Nomination 2004, “Investigative Reporting.” Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards. Sunshine State Award- Society of Professional Journalists 2004, “Consumer Reporting.” Second Place Sunshine State Award Society of Professional Journalists 2003, “Investigative Reporting.” Honorable Mention Mid-Florida Society of Professional Journalists 2002, “Investigative Reporting.” Honorable Mention Michigan Association of Broadcasters Excellence Award 2001, “Best Hard News.” First Place. Michigan Association of Broadcasters Excellence Award 2002, “Best News Documentary/ Series.” First Place. Michigan Associated Press Award 2000, for “Investigative / Enterprise Reporting.” Second Place. Michigan Associated Press Award 2001, for “Best Hard News.” Second Place. Texas Associated Press Award 1999, for “Investigative Reporting.” Second Place. VOLUNTEER WORK: Make A Wish Foundation, Wish Grantor and Fundraiser. June 2007- Current Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Team In Training. Ran Marathon in Ireland to Raise Money for Research Buckhead Church, Volunteer and HOPE Mentor for young girls. January 2007-Current EDUCATION: The University of Chicago, March 1995 - Graduated Cum Laude with Honors. G.P.A. 3.0/4.0 Deans List- All Years Bachelor of Arts in Law, Letters & Society, (Coursework in disciplines of law, sociology, history & rhetoric). Robert E Lee High School, June 1991- Graduated Magna Cum Laude at 16 years old. Voted Most Ambitious.