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.)

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.