DONALD V. BROWNE

Don Browne is President and General Manager of NBC6 WTVJ. He is responsible for overseeing all daily operations of the station, which is owned by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Under his leadership, WTVJ has furthered its tradition of excellence in journalism and service to the community. His background includes a term as Executive Vice President of NBC News in New York where he was involved in the creation of the first successful news magazine on NBC, Dateline. From 1979 to 1989, he served NBC News as Miami Bureau Chief.

STEPHEN P. FLANAGAN

Steve Flanagan is Vice President/Engineering for the Post-Newsweek Stations, which includes WPLG in Miami where he was VP/Chief Engineer from 1989-1998. He also is Chairman of the MSTV Engineering Committee who are involved with the most basic issues of Digital Television. He has supervised every aspect of Post-Newsweek Stations’ conversion to High Definition Digital Television. He began his career at WSBK-TV in Boston while he was in college working remote broadcasts of Bruins and Red Sox games and other large remote television projects.

LINDA O’BRYON

Linda O’Bryon is Senior Vice President, General Manager and Executive Editor of the Nightly Business Report on PBS, television’s #1 Daily Business News Program. She is considered one of America’s most influential business news journalists. Her pioneering work in the creation and development of the program has earned her the distinction of being named one of the century’s top 100 business news journalists. This year, she also has been ranked as the nation’s most influential woman business news executive by the TJFR Group, an industry publication.

BERNADETTE PARDO

Bernadette Pardo is Co-anchor and Reporter for Noticias 23, the local newscast on WLTV, the Univision Station in Miami. She specializes in political affairs. She has been a part of the WLTV News Team since 1985. Her background includes work as Editorial Director for WPLG, Producer in the Public Affairs Department, WPLG, Producer/ Host at WPBS. She also worked as Deputy Press Secretary and Speechwriter for Florida Governor Bob Graham from 1982 to 1983. She has a Masters Degree from the Department of Communications at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

IKE SEAMANS

Ike Seamans is Senior Correspondent for WTVJ News. He has been a journalist for 36 years. In 1969, he began his career at WTVJ becoming one of the first local reporters to appear regularly on network news with stories from South Florida, the Caribbean, Central and South America. In 1978, he joined NBC News reporting from more than 65 countries, based in Miami, Rome, Tel Aviv and Moscow. In 1994, NBC News transferred Ike back to WTVJ, an owned and operated NBC station, where he is recognized as one of the best investigative reporters in the country.

AL SUNSHINE

Al Sunshine is the Consumer Reporter for WFOR CBS/4. He has been reporting for CBS since 1988. He is known for his “Shame On You” features which seek to expose businesses, agencies and individuals defrauding or deceiving customers as well as endangering the safety and welfare of the general public. He has received numerous honors for his reporting, including a recent Emmy Award for a “Shame On You” report on illegal police parking. He is a graduate of the University of Miami where he received the Outstanding Journalism Graduate Sigma Delta Chi Award.