JULIE LUND - Anchor

Julie Lund was born and raised in Wisconsin and has worked in the news business in this state since 1995. Lund graduated from UW-LaCrosse with a degree in Mass Communications. She started her career at WJFW in Rhinelander near her hometown of Eagle River, then worked at WKOW in 1999-2000 before going back up North for a few more years to anchor the 6 and 10 pm news. In 2005, Julie and her family decided Madison was the place to be and returned.

Julie and her husband are proud parents of Lexis Olivia, born in June of 2004. They live in the town of Middleton (best town in America to live according to Money Magazine 2007!) They also have a dog, a standard poodle named "Brokaw".

Julie is all Wisconsin at heart. She loves the Packers, camping, shopping and traveling.

Julie was recognized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association with a 2005 Merit Award for an investigative story she did on the misuse of a time-out room at a Monroe Elementary School.

If you have story ideas you can email them to jlund@fox47.com

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1) Birth Date	March 19 - Pisces
2) City you were born in:	Green Bay
3) Place you grew up in:	Eagle River, WI
4) Where did you go to college? What was your degree/major?	UW LaCrosse - Mass Communications Major, Speech Minor
5) Favorite Sport	FOOTBALL!!!
6) Favorite Sport team (all sports)	Packers (of course!)
7) Favorite Sport to watch	Football (See above)
8) Favorite Sport or game to play	Not the athletic type but I do like elliptical machine at the gym.
9) What pets do you have?	Standard Poodle named Brokaw (as in Tom).
10) Favorite thing about Madison?	State Street... The skyline... The capitol... It's a GREAT place to cover news. (Where else are Common Council meetings often entertaining???)
11) Favorite movie?	Anchorman, Bruce Almighty, The Notebook, Transformers (that's a joke...I'm teased relentlessly for saying I did not know what they were) The Prince of Tides, Shawshank Redemption Honestly, though, the last movie I saw in a theatre is Charlotte's Web.
12) Favorite music artist/band:	Local - SUPERTUESDAY Other - Avril Lavigne, Rick Springfield, and everything in between.
13) Favorite Book or magazine	Magazine - PEOPLE. Read it cover to cover every week. Books - Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Guess How Much I Love You, Where the Wild Things Are (see a pattern?)
14) Favorite Website (besides fox47.com of course)	Ebay. That's easy.
15) Favorite Restaurant (with location if not Madison)	Buca de beppo in Minneapolis. Laredo's in Madison. Arigato's in Clearwater, FL. Kroll's in Green Bay.
16) What was the deciding factor for you wanting to get into the television business:	Never wanted to do anything else.
17) What is your favorite Color?	Pink. Reminds me of my daughter.
18) What was your funniest or most embarrasing moment in broadcasting?	A co-worker filled in for me when I was the main anchor at a former station. My name was permanently in the first script. He had to rush to the set, and started the news by saying "Good evening, I'm Julie Lund." His real name is Eric.
19) What were your past jobs in broadcasting... Station/City/years/position held	WJFW 1995-1999 Rhinelander WKOW 1999-2000 Madison WJFW 2000-2004 Rhinelander WKOW 2004-2007 Madison WMSN 2007-? Madison
20) Awards or accomplishments:	WBA Merit Award for investigative report on a timeout room. But biggest accomplishment is Lexi.
21) Favorite Hobby/thing to do in your spare time:	The highlight of every day is spending time with my daughter. She makes me laugh so much. Today she wanted to put on makeup. (She's 3) I said "You don't need makeup. You're too pretty." She said, "So then, You're too ugly?" I'm also a big fan of the beach.
22) Strangest Job you ever had	Worked at the Country Store (candy store) in Eagle River in High School. Dressed as a Jelly Belly and waved to people on the street.
23) If you could interview anyone, who would it be?	Princess Diana. President Bush. JFK Jr. Michael Jackson. Marilyn Monroe. Angelina Jolie. Bill Gates. Paris Hilton (just kidding).
24) If you could cover any news event from the past as a reporter, what would it be?	Pearl Harbor. 9/11. First walk on the moon (live from location of course.)

LAURIE MERCURIO - Chief Meteorologist

Laurie Mercurio has always been interested in weather; even becoming a broadcast meteorologist occurred to her at an early age. During her sophomore year of high school, she memorized Edgar Allen Poe's "Cask of Amontillado" (in its entirety!) and recited it in front of her English Literature class for extra credit. (which took about 25 minutes!) The English Lit. teacher referred Laurie to the Speech Team coach, and the rest is history...

Laurie Mercurio started as the weekend meteorologist at WMSN and WKOW in May of 2003. She took over as the Chief Meteorologist for Fox 47 in June of 2007. Prior to Madison, Laurie worked at WAOW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin as the morning meteorologist and KQ2 TV in St. Joseph, Missouri as the weekend meteorologist and weekday reporter.

Laurie is originally from southwestern Illinois, just outside St. Louis. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Meteorology and an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism. She holds the American Meteorological Society's Television Seal of Approval.

Laurie loves spending time with her husband and daughter and enjoys traveling, gardening, playing tennis and baking.

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1) Birth Date	June 1
2) City you were born in:	Belleville, IL
3) Place you grew up in:	Caseyville, IL
4) Where did you go to college? What was your degree/major?	University of Oklahoma - Meteorology (concentration in Broadcast Journalism)
5) Favorite Sport	Tennis
6) Favorite Sport team (all sports)	Badgers
7) Favorite Sport to watch	Tennis
8) Favorite Sport or game to play	Tennis & Ping Ping
9) What kind of pets do you have?	No pets, but would love a dog
10) Favorite thing about Madison?	I love that you can do so many outdoor activities in Madison, but still enjoy all of the conveniences of a larger city. (great restaurants, good shopping)
11) Favorite movie?	3-Way Tie: "Sense & Sensibility", "Sabrina" and "A River Runs through It"
12) Favorite music artist/band:	I like all types of music; James Taylor is one of my favorites!
13) Favorite Book or magazine	Jane Eyre
14) Favorite Website	Alan's Weather Page (http://userpages.chorus.net/wxalan/)
15) Favorite Restaurant (with location if not Madison)	In Madison, Quaker Steak & Lube. Back home in St. Louis, the Sydney Street Cafe
16) What was the deciding factor for you wanting to get into the television business:	I've always loved weather and liked public speaking, so this was the one job that seemed to incorporate both.
17) What is your favorite Color?	Red
18) What was your funniest or most embarrasing moment in broadcasting?	I haven't had anything too embarrassing happen yet, but both of my examples involve cameramen who must have lost track of time during the commercial break and hadn't set the shot.  In one instance, the cameraman had to zoom in on my face to focus. (while on live tv!)  In another, the previous shot must have been wide, because when they came to me, I looked tiny!
19) What were your past jobs in broadcasting... Station/City/years/position held	WAOW-TV in Wausau, WI, July 2000-April 2003 as the Morning Meteorologist KQ2 TV in St. Joseph, MO, June 1999-July 2000 as the Weekend Meteorologist and Weekday Reporter
20) Awards or accomplishments:	I earned the American Meteorological Society's Television Seal of Approval in November of 2005.
21) Favorite charity or community event you are or have been involved with:	Meals on Wheels and the Badger Chapter of the American Red Cross
22) Favorite Hobby/thing to do in your spare time:	Gardening and baking
23) Strangest Job you ever had	"custodian of sorts" at a furniture store (cleaned break room, furniture floor displays, made coffee, etc)
24) If you could interview anyone, who would it be?	The President
25) If you could cover any news event from the past as a reporter, what would it be?	The May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak in Oklahoma

MATT ZAHN - Sports

I grew up about an hour north of Madison in the tiny town of Rosendale. Yes, it's the speed trap on the way to Green Bay. I went to Laconia high school and played basketball for one year and baseball all four years. My family basically all lives in the Fond du Lac / Rosendale / Ripon area.

As far as career wise, I spent the last and also the first five years of my career in Wausau. The last two years I was sports director at one of the two stations in town. I've learned a lot and hopefully I'm up to watchable standards for Madison viewers.

I've had friends live and go to school in Madison along the way, and every time I visited them I never wanted to leave. Now, I am thrilled to be living here and hopefully I won't move again for a while, not just because moving is the worst thing in the world.

I am also happy to be working for a FOX affiliate because The Simpsons is my favorite show of all-time.

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1) Birth Date	August 3
2) City you were born in:	Ripon, WI
3) Place you grew up in:	Rosendale, WI (small town just west of Fond du Lac)
4) Where did you go to college? What was your degree/major?	UW-Green Bay, majored in Communications
5) Favorite Sport	Football, but baseball's a close second
6) Favorite Sport teams (all sports)	Brewers, Packers, Bucks and of course the Badgers
7) Favorite Sport to watch	Baseball in person, Football on TV (in high-def especially)
8) Favorite Sport or game to play	Basketball
9) What pets do you have?	No pets, but my parents have a dog
10) Favorite thing about Madison?	It's not Wausau
11) Favorite movie?	Spaceballs or Naked Gun 1
12) Favorite music artist/band:	Don't really have one but if I have to pick it would be Pearl Jam
13) Favorite Book or magazine	Not much of a reader
14) Favorite Website	ESPN.com
15) Favorite Restaurant (with location if not Madison)	Whoever sponsors FOX 47 News
16) What was the deciding factor for you wanting to get into the television business:	Don't have any other marketable skills
17) What is your favorite Color?
18) What was your funniest or most embarrasing moment in broadcasting?	I'm sure that's still to come, so tune in
19) What were your past jobs in broadcasting... Station/City/years/position held	I spent the last 6 years in Wausau basically doing everything. Started as a sports reporter at one station, became a news/sports reporter at other station in town, then was promoted to weekend sports anchor, before eventually becoming sports director which was my job for the past two years
20) Awards or accomplishments:	Won an award for announcing work on golf tournament we broadcast in Wausau
21) Favorite charity or community event you are or have been involved with:	Stayed up for 24 hours to raise money for something in middle school
22) Favorite Hobby/thing to do in your spare time:	Playing basketball or watching tv, so I'm lazy and athletic
23) Strangest Job you ever had	Pizza delivery guy, you see some weird things going on in people's aparatments
24) If you could interview anyone, who would it be? or... if you could just meet someone... past/present, who would it be?	I'd want the person to be alive, so they could you know answer my questions and not smell, so I'd go with Michael Jordan or the owner of Sprint so I could punch him in the face
26) If you could cover any news event from the past as a reporter, what would it be?	The first Super Bowl

BRIAN RODRIGUEZ - Weekend Anchor / Reporter

When Brian Rodriguez was a little boy, his parents told him he needs to find a job where people have to listen to him because he asked too many questions. So he listened. Now Brian uses his curious nature to find out the facts about stories you really care about.

Brian comes to Fox 47 from Helena, Montana where he spent the last two and a half years as the weekend anchor and weekday lead reporter for KTVH-TV, also known as Beartooth NBC. He eventually moved up to the lead anchor position for the weekeday shows the last six months of his stay at the station. While with the NBC affliate in Helena, Brian recieved an Associated Press Award for his series "Poverty In Montana," which explored the new face of poverty and how it related to the minimum wage. At the time Montana had one of the lowest minimum wages in the U.S. He was also the only reporter to capture the the former state house majority leader's profanity laced tirade against Governor Brian Schweitzer on tape.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois Brian graduated with honors from Columbia College, where he recieved a BA in Communications. He also interned at Chicago's ABC and CBS affiliates along with Chicago's Tribune station WGN.

In his spare time Brian likes to explore all of what Madison has to offer. When it comes to finding good stories, Brian likes to turn to the most valuable source- the community.

If you have story ideas you can email them to brodriguez@fox47.com

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1) Birth Date / Sign	January 10
2) City you were born in:	Chicago, Illinois
3) Place you grew up in:	Chicago, Illinois
4) Where did you go to college? What was your degree/major?	Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Communications
5) Favorite Sport	Football
6) Favorite Sport team (all sports)	Chicago Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks and Cubs
7) Favorite Sport to watch	Football and Basketball
8) Favorite Sport or game to play	Basketball
9) What kind of pets do you have?	I have a dog named Snowball, but he lives in Chicago.
10) Favorite thing about Madison?	I love the view off of lake Menona of the Capital and downtown Madison at night. I enjoy all the culture and excitement of Dowtown State Street. The easy going nature of the people in the city and of course the local breweries
11) Favorite movie?	Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgandy
12) Favorite music artist/band:	Journey, The Roots, Jack Johnson
13) Favorite Book or magazine	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
14) Favorite Website	www.Poynter.org
15) Favorite Restaurant (with location if not Madison)	Giordano's in downtown Chicago.. Home of the pizza pie!
16) What was the deciding factor for you wanting to get into the television business:	During my college years I noticed that every story I did affected people. I knew if I could inform others and make sure our elected officials are doing their jobs, I could make a difference.
17) What is your favorite Color?	Blue
18) What was your funniest or most embarrasing moment in broadcasting?	I was reading a story one night on the desk in Helena Montana about a "Hugging Festival," but the video never aired. So the sports and weather anchors stood up during the show and both gave me a hug. Then we had an awkward discussion about Jello Pudding before we signed off the air.
19) What were your past jobs in broadcasting... Station/City/years/position held	I interned at both the ABC and CBS affiliates along with WGN in Chicago. I worked at KTVH-TV BEARTOOTH NBC in Helena Montana for two and a half years. I started off as the weekend anchor and weekday lead reporter. Two years later I moved up to 10pm anchor.
20) Awards or accomplishments:	I recieved an Associated Press Award for my piece called Poverty In Montana. The story explored the new face of poverty and how it related to the minimum wage in Montana at the time-which was one of the lowest in the country.
21) Favorite charity or community event you are or have been involved with:	Big Brothers Big Sisters
22) Favorite Hobby/thing to do in your spare time:	I like to read, work out, watch movies, explore Madison, and spend time with my family.
23) Strangest Job you ever had	I helped a woman hang portraits on the walls of her new home. I was told a lot of them were very expensive.
24) If you could interview anyone, who would it be?	Elvis, Albert Einstein, Gandhi, Peter Jennings, Martin Luther King and Jesus
25) If you could cover any news event from the past as a reporter, what would it be?	The million man march.

JEFF ANGILERI - Reporter

Jeff joined Fox 47 in June of 2008. He previously worked in the Northwoods of Wisconsin at WJFW-TV in Rhinelander, where he was the morning anchor, producer, and reporter.

From a very early age, Jeff knew he wanted to become a television journalist. While watching distinguished broadcasters like Peter Jennings, Jeff learned the craft and started reporting and anchoring news in high school for WRHS-TV.

Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism at UW-Whitewater. He gained extensive experience working at UWW-TV 19, a cable station serving the greater Whitewater Area. There, Jeff served as anchor and producer of the news division. Under his leadership, UWW-TV News was recognized as the "Best Student Newscast" by the Wisconsin Broadcaster's Association in 2006. In addition, Jeff was commissioned by UW-Whitewater to produce and narrate a film documentary of the University's history. Also in 2006, he worked as an intern at WISN-TV in Milwaukee.

Jeff hails from Norridge, Illinois, the "island within a city," as it is a suburban island surrounded by the city of Chicago.

KELLY CURRAN - Meteorologist

Kelly Curran joined WMSN Fox 47 in October of 2007. She is excited to be in Madison and glad to be near so many lakes. Kelly was born in the Chicago area, on Groundhog's Day of all days, and grew up just outside of Detroit. She graduated from Central Michigan University in 2005 with a major in meteorology and minors in math and geography.

After college, Kelly went to work at WSEE-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania. At WSEE, not only was Kelly the weekend meteorologist and a reporter for the local Erie market, but she did weather broadcasts for the entire Caribbean, CCN TV 6 in Trinidad and Tobago, and filled in on KHIZ-TV in Southern California as well. Kelly has covered everything from lake effect snow storms to Santa Ana Winds to hurricanes, and all in the same day!

Kelly enjoys reading and spending time by, or in, the water. As a former lifeguard and swim teacher, Kelly loves to swim and lay on the beach. Kelly lives in Madison with her longhaired black cat, Lexi.

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1) Birth Date / Sign	February 2nd (Groundhog's Day), Aquarius
2) City you were born in:	Mokena, Illinois
3) Place you grew up in:	Grosse Pointe, Michigan
4) Where did you go to college? What was your degree/major?	Central Michigan University. Majored in Meteorology and minored in math and geography
5) Favorite Sport	Swimming
6) Favorite Sport team (all sports)	Detroit Red Wings
7) Favorite Sport to watch	Hockey
8) Favorite Sport or game to play	Badminton
9) What kind of pets do you have?	Longhaired Black Cat named Lexi
10) Favorite thing about Madison?	The people here are so friendly, it made being the new person in town so much easier.
11) Favorite movie?	The Man From Snowy River, I've loved it ever since I was little
12) Favorite music artist/band:	Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
13) Favorite Book or magazine	The Thorn Birds
14) Favorite Website	Google
15) Favorite Restaurant (with location if not Madison)	Panera Bread
16) What was the deciding factor for you wanting to get into the television business:	I wanted a job that was exciting and kept me on my toes.  The weather is always changing and definitely keeps me busy.
17) What is your favorite Color?	Green
18) What was your funniest or most embarrasing moment in broadcasting?	There was a spider on the lens of the Tower Camera when I worked at WSEE in Erie, PA.  The director brought the camera up for me to talk about what it was like outside and all I could see was this this giant spider (which was probably very small in reality) and I totally freaked out live on the air! I couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the show.
19) What were your past jobs in broadcasting... Station/City/years/position held	WSEE-TV Erie, PA 10/2005 to 10/2007 Weekend Meteorologist/Reporter
20) Favorite charity or community event you are or have been involved with:	Therapeutic Riding of Erie County (TREC), it gives mentally and physically disabled children the chance to ride horses for therapy
21) Favorite Hobby/thing to do in your spare time:	Gardening and baking
22) Strangest Job you ever had	I don't think I've ever had a strange job, but I was a lifeguard and a swimming instructor in high school and college
23) If you could interview anyone, who would it be?	Oprah, she's my hero
24) If you could cover any news event from the past as a reporter, what would it be?	I would love to live during a hurricane!