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Phil Williams is an American journalist. Since 1998, he has been the chief investigative reporter at the news station WTVF in Nashville, Tennessee^[1]. Prior to his position at the station, he worked at The Tennessean, where he had been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990 along with his colleagues^[2], and WKRN-TV, where he contributed to an extended investigation of the Tennessee General Assembly that culminated in the Peabody Award-winning documentary Under the Influence^[3]. He has won multiple Peabody awards^[4]^[5], duPoint-Columbia University awards^[6], and the IRE Medal^[7], and is also the first TV journalist to receive the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting^[8].

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^ "Phil Williams". NewsChannel 5 Nashville. Scripps Local Media. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Finalist: Staff of The Tennessean, Nashville, TN". Pulitzer. The Pulitzer Prizes — Columbia University. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Under the Influence". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Questions of Influence". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Friends in High Places". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "All duPont-Columbia Award Winners". Columbia Journalism School. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "2000 IRE Award Winners". IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Toner Prizes 2023". Newhouse School of Public Communications. Event occurs at 45:45.

[1] "Phil Williams". NewsChannel 5 Nashville. Scripps Local Media. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[2] "Finalist: Staff of The Tennessean, Nashville, TN". Pulitzer. The Pulitzer Prizes — Columbia University. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[3] "Under the Influence". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[4] "NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Questions of Influence". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[5] "NewsChannel 5 Investigates: Friends in High Places". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[6] "All duPont-Columbia Award Winners". Columbia Journalism School. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[7] "2000 IRE Award Winners". IRE - Investigative Reporters & Editors. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[8] "Toner Prizes 2023". Newhouse School of Public Communications. Event occurs at 45:45.

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