NBC Meteorologist Janice Huff to Receive Allen B. DuMont Broadcaster of the Year Award

On Friday November 13, 2015 NBC 4 Chief Meteorologist Janice Huff will visit Montclair State to receive the Allen B. DuMont Broadcaster of the Year Award and participate in the School of Communication and Media Colloquium Series. Huff will discuss her distinguished career in media and the emerging challenges on the job.

Ms. Huff will be interviewed by Associate Professor of Television and Media Professor Marc Rosenweig for a special edition of Carpe Diem, the School’s award-winning weekly news magazine program.

As one of New York’s most recognized forecasters, Huff joined NBC 4  New York in January 1995 and has held a variety of positions at the network. In 2011, Huff received the McDonald’s “2011 Black Media Legends” award, and was honored by McDonald’s as one of 24 esteemed ‘Black Media Legends’. Huff is also host of Wednesday’s Child, a weekly adoption feature and is a passionate advocate for children and community-related issues, and has received numerous accolades for her work on the series.  Huff is a member of the National Weather Association, The American Meteorological Society, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the Friars Club.

Each year Montclair State presents the DuMont Award to an individual who has distinguished him/herself in the field of radio or television broadcasting.  This award, first presented in 1982, has grown steadily in prestige.  WNBC-TV’s Bruce Beck was a recent honoree. The award is in recognition of Allen B. DuMont, early television inventor and programmer.  Over the years, some of the other honorees include former Senator Bill Bradley,  Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville, WCBS-TV anchor Kristine Johnson, CBS Sports announcer Ian Eagle, WCBS Radio chopper 880 reporter Tom Kaminski, WABC-TV anchor/reporter Joe Torres, WWOR-TV anchor Brenda Blackmon and WABC-TV Reporter N.J. Burkett.