Mike Manzoni

Mike Manzoni

Reporter

Emmy award-winning journalist Mike Manzoni joined the FOX 9 team in August 2024.

Prior to arriving in the Twin Cities, he spent several years as a freelance reporter at NBC10 Boston and NECN. His many high-profile assignments there included covering the aftermath of the deadly Merrimack Valley gas explosions that made national headlines, reporting live outside the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, after the death of former President George H.W. Bush and delivering live reports during the George Floyd protests and related clashes with law enforcement across Boston.

He also uncovered suspected price gouging on a major online retailer's website, triggering an investigation by the state attorney general's office and prompting a corporate review of questionable sales transactions. In addition, he exposed serious community health concerns at an asbestos-laden, abandoned warehouse, which prompted the property owner to make changes to protect public health.

Prior to returning home to the Bay State, he was a reporter at ABC affiliate WFTV, the top-rated station in Orlando, Florida. During the two years he spent reporting in Central Florida, he covered several national stories, including the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the deadly alligator attack at Disney World, President Obama's visit to Orlando, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Matthew.

Before his time in the Sunshine State, he spent two years at WSPA, the CBS affiliate in Spartanburg, South Carolina. While in the Palmetto State, he spent a week in Columbia covering the Confederate flag controversy at the South Carolina State House. He also covered the devastating flooding in Richland County.

In 2015, he traveled to North Charleston to lead the station's coverage of the Walter Scott police shooting that made national headlines. He also exposed a legal loophole in South Carolina's concealed weapons permit law that forced officials to allow legally blind applicants to carry handguns. He also unearthed oversight problems at elder care facilities that cost taxpayers and put a strain on public safety resources.

Before heading to the Palmetto State, he spent two years at KRIS and KZTV, the NBC and CBS duopoly in Corpus Christi, Texas. During his time in the Lone Star State, he uncovered dozens of sex offenders living near elementary schools, investigated food stamp fraud and exposed a tanning salon that broke the law.

He also traveled to West, where he filed reports on the aftermath of the fertilizer plant explosion that garnered national attention.

In 2015, he was part of a team honored with a Southeast Emmy Award for best newscast.
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In 2013, the Lone Star chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognized him with an honorable mention in the reporter craft achievement competition.

Manzoni earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and political science from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.

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Rochester weighs $19M school referendum after measure failed last year

Rochester weighs $19M school referendum after measure failed last year

The measure, which is the second one in as many years, will prevent shutting down some schools, eliminating teaching and other positions and keep classroom sizes small, among other things, the district said. But it would also raise property taxes, which even proponents said is a tough sell for some.