Alex Rozier
Alex Rozier | |
|---|---|
 Rozier at KOMU-TV in December 2009 | |
| Born | |
| Education | Missouri School of Journalism |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | KOMU-TV reporter/anchor (2007–2011) KHQ-TV reporter/anchor (2011–2014) KING-TV reporter (2014–2019) WFAA reporter (2019–2022) KNBC reporter (2022–present) |
Alex Rozier is an American journalist, who works as a reporter for NBC 4 in Los Angeles.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]When Rozier was four years old, he avidly watched nightly newscasts in his home state of Minnesota. For his birthday that year, he asked to meet his idol: KMSP-TV news anchor Robyne Robinson, who agreed to meet him after his parents drove almost five hours to get to the news station.[2] Rozier attended Virginia High School in Virginia, Minnesota, where he was involved with student council, National Honor Society, Key Club, the student newspaper, and choir.[3] In his senior year of high school, he was selected as a delegate to represent Minnesota at the American Legion Boys Nation event, where he got to see President George W. Bush.[3]
In 2007, while a freshman at the Missouri School of Journalism, he joined KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter; he later became an anchor as well.[4] In 2010, Rozier was one of five winners of the Pulitzer Center YouTube Project: Report international competition with his reporting project Guatemala: The Culture that Crawls.[5] He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in radio-television journalism, where he was the master of ceremonies.[6]
Career
[edit]After college, Rozier joined KHQ-TV in Spokane, Washington, in May 2011 as a weekday reporter and weekend anchor.[7] His feature report, called The Eyes of a Hero, aired on Veterans Day in 2012 and focused on a local artist who drew portraits of fallen soldiers for their families.[8] In 2013, Rozier won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting on the story, earning KHQ their first ever national award in company history.[8] The story also earned an Emmy Award nomination for "Feature News Report - Serious Feature" at the Northwest Emmy Awards in 2013.[9] On September 15, 2013, KHQ aired his feature report on two brothers who climbed Sloan Peak 40 years after their father vanished from the same mountain, called The Climb for Closure.[10] In 2014, the story was nominated for two Emmy Awards at the 2014 Northwest Emmy Awards and won a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists.[11][12]
On May 28, 2014, Rozier announced on Twitter that he was leaving KHQ to report at KING-TV in Seattle.[13]
On March 13, 2019, Rozier announced on Twitter that he was leaving KING 5 to report at WFAA in Dallas.[14]
On March 14, 2022, Rozier announced on Twitter that he was leaving WFAA to report at KNBC in Los Angeles.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Darsha Philips, Alex Rozier Join KNBC as Reporters". KNBC. 14 March 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ Jarvis, Brian. "Alex Rozier to YouTube: Have Camera, Will Travel". The J-School Magazine. Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ a b Romsaas, Jim (August 2, 2006). "'I loved my week at Boys' Nation'". Mesabi Daily News. Adams Publishing Group LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Alex Rozier". Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Guatemala: The Culture that Crawls - Struggles and Solutions". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. November 16, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Obregon, Dolores (May 5, 2011). "The Missouri School of Journalism to Recognize 503 Graduates at Commencement on May 13". Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "KHQ, SWX - Meet the KHQ Local News, SWX Local Sports Team". KHQ-TV. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "KHQ Wins Prestigious National Murrow Award For Feature Reporting". KHQ-TV. June 12, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "2013 - 50th Annual Emmy® Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "KHQ News Special: The Climb for Closure". TV Guide. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "2014 - 51st Annual Emmy® Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Announcing the 2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners". Society of Professional Journalists. April 16, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Alex Rozier Joins KING From KHQ". Mediabistro.com. May 30, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Reporter Alex Rozier joining WFAA8 news room from Seattle". UncleBarky.com. March 14, 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019.