Best TV News Reporter  Patricia Andreu, WTVJ-TV (Channel 6)  NBC
6 reporter Patricia Andreu's background is as diverse and
interesting as South Florida's. Born to Cuban parents in London,
she studied politics in France before coming to Washington,
D.C., to serve as an associate producer for CNN. She traveled
the globe covering stories, including the 1992 coup in Haiti and
the 1991 Middle East peace conference. In 1995, NBC 6 lured her
to South Florida. Since then, Andreu has made a name for herself
as an aggressive reporter with an appreciation for South
Florida's diversity and complexity. Andreu won an Emmy Award for
her series "Habla English?" and an Edward R. Murrow Award for an
investigation of personal injury fraud. Most recently, Andreu
(with the help of investigator/producer Scott Zamost) exposed
long delays associated with the 911 emergency line operated by
the Broward Sheriff's Office. If more TV reporters were like
Andreu, South Florida viewers would be seeing less blood and
guts on TV news and inst