Brian Wood (journalist)

Brian Wood
Alma mater	University of Washington
Occupation	Journalist
Television	KATU WMAR-TV KIRO-TV KLAS-TV

Brian Wood is an American journalist.

Biography

Wood [1] is currently anchor and reporter [2] for KATU-TV in Portland, OR. From 2002–2008 he was the main anchor and managing editor [3] at WMAR-TV in Baltimore, MD.

He has also anchored and reported at KIRO-TV in Seattle, WA and KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, NV.

Notable

Wood's live reporting as the Nisqually earthquake hit Seattle on February 28, 2001 was broadcast internationally. [4] [5].

He shares the 1992 Peabody Award for reporting the documentary When the Salmon Runs Dry which explored the causes and effects of the declining population of wild salmon in the Columbia River system.

His work during the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan was featured in The Seattle Times. [6]

Wood has earned four Emmy awards and several AP and Society of Professional Journalists awards for his reporting on, among other subjects, the Green River Killer, the deadly immigrant smuggling on container ships from Hong Kong and the sinking of the Interstate 90 floating bridge in November 1990.

Wood graduated from the University of Washington [7] with an honors degree in Political Science and Communications. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington and attended Interlake High School.

References

• Analysis: KIRO-TV's coverage was first, best (The Seattle Times newspaper)
• Brian Wood: Movers/Shakers (Seattle Weekly newspaper)
• Earthquake is Reality TV (Broadcasting & Cable Magazine)
• CBS News 2/28/2001 (Vanderbilt Television News Archive)
• History Channel (History Alive: Green River Killer)
• Wood Boldly Reports What Few Dare To: News (The Seattle Times newspaper)
• Close to home: When your newsroom is part of the story