WJXT, WKMG Honored With Emmy Awards By NATAS Suncoast Chapter

The 46th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Award winners were announced on Dec. 10, 2022, and Graham Media Group stations WJXT-TV in Jacksonville and WKMG-TV in Orlando were honored as recipients.

WJXT took home 6 Emmy Awards. In the category of News Feature-Serious Feature, WJXT anchor Joy Purdy and managing editor of special projects Jodi Mohrmann won Emmys for the report “High Anxiety.

In the category of Diversity/Equity/Inclusion-News, reporter Marilyn Parker and photojournalist Ciara Earrey won for their report “A Second Shot.”

In the Health/Medical category, anchor Bruce Hamilton won for his report “Scoping Out Cancer: My Personal Story,” and in the same category, anchor Mary Baer and Mohrmann won for their story “Child Unsafe.”

In the Promotion: News Promotion (Campaign) category, Sherry Carpenter, Chrissy Sellers and Dylan Smith, all of News4JAX’s Creative Services Department, won Emmys for the campaign “News4JAX: They Are Who They’ve Always Been.”

In the Hard News Report category, WJXT anchor Vic Micolucci and Mohrmann won for the report “Manhunters.”

WKMG was given an Emmy for Business and Consumer News as reporter Mike Holfeld and Robert Breuer received the award for “Gas Pump Thieves.”