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Jeremy_Ross

With a jump across Lake Michigan, Jeremy Ross landed in Milwaukee and it's a leap he's happy to make. Jeremy joined FOX 6 in December of 2005 moving from Michigan to Wisconsin. He worked for the NBC and FOX affiliates in Lansing, MI where he won top honors by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Jeremy received multiple awards from the Michigan Associated Press, including two consecutive years of first place awards in breaking news, feature reporting and investigative journalism. In 2001, Jeremy worked in Washington D.C. for the Medill News Service as a political correspondent including covering former presidential candidate John Kerry. He received his Masters in Journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and completed his undergraduate degree at The University of Michigan where he caught "the broadcasting bug." At U of M he was a play-by-play broadcaster for Michigan Hockey while working at the student cable and radio stations. Besides news, Jeremy helped write, produce and perform improv comedy in The Second City Conservatory when he lived in Chicago. Crazy broadcast situations he's been involved in: 1) Jeremy helped cover two Michigan State University basketball riots. He's still not used to the less-than-pleasant smell of pepper spray. 2) While doing a live shot he's been tackled (without a referee around, however, no penalty flag was thrown.) But, seriously...if you're reading this please don't do that...reporters don't wear football pads. 3) Jeremy's locked himself in a radio studio in order to keep broadcasting the 1996 NCAA championship hockey game. The game went into overtime and into the next show's timeslot. The next D.J. threatened to have him arrested, fortunately U of M won and Jeremy served no jail time.