Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

 Investigator, Tom Meyer Congratulations to WKYC's Tom Meyer, The Investigator, for his two awards in the 2013 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors broadcast competition. Tom received a First Place award in "Best Continuing Coverage" for his "Castro Exclusives" and Second Place award in "Best Enterprise Reporting" for "Bad Medicine." The awards were announced this weekend and include stations from all across Ohio for both radio and television broadcasting. --- Follow Frank Macek on Twitter @ frankmacekwkyc

Tom Meyer, The Investigator Congratulations to WKYC's Tom Meyer, "The Investigator" for being honored with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for "Best Video News Series" and his shocking report "Hidden Hazards." Tom's reports exposed hidden and potentially deadly electrical hazards on city streets. The investigation prompted Cleveland City Hall to purchase testing equipment and launch its own regular testing program. Tom shares this prestigious award with WKYC investigative producer Rick Hepp, editor Sarah Bachmann and photojournalists Tim Coffey and Mike Leonard. The northeast Ohio media market is included in Region 7 along with the rest of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.Ohio. You can watch Tom's winning entry at: http://youtu.be/7uKozIzb0WU Also congratulations to other stations WKSU-FM, WCPN-FM, WAKR-AM, WEWS-TV and WKBN-TV for awards also received this year. The National Awards will be announced later this year.

The bad guys fear him. We all love him at Channel 3. He's Tom Meyer - "The Investigator." As we told you earlier this week, Tom was inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame by the Press Club Thursday evening at LaCentre in Westlake. Tom was among a group of award-winning journalists recognized for their outstanding contributions. In nearly 35 years in TV - 30 of them in Cleveland - Tom's chased down many a bad guy. He's been pushed, shoved, spat on, and even punched in the face in pursuit of a story. But he's never backed down. Tom works his sources like few other reporters. And he has lots of sources, from top government officials to low-ranking union workers. His cell phone - programmed with the Illini fight song, his alma mater - rings constantly. The first thing you notice when you walk into Tom's office inside the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center are the shiny Emmy Awards lining his shelves - a total of 54 - and more than any other...

We'll find out on June 1st... The Ohio Associated Press has named "The Investigator" WKYC's Tom Meyer as a finalist for "Best Reporter in Ohio." Tom won the award last year and is looking to bring it home again this year. Over his distinguished career, Tom has won more than 175 awards for his investigative and journalism work. Meyer joined WKYC last year from WOIO and currently heads our investigative unit. VIDEO FEATURE: You can watch WKYC's latest Tom Meyer promo below. If you can't see the video: CLICK HERE