Cheryl Chodun
Madonna University
Livonia,
Michigan
Cheryl Chodun is an adjunct professor in the university’s Broadcast and Cinema Arts department. She began her career as a freelance newspaper reporter before joining WXYZ-TV in 1978 as a news writer. She went on to report news for WCXI and WWJ radio before being recruited back to WXYZ's 7 Action News as an on-air reporter in 1988. Ms. Chodun covered a variety of local and national stories, including the arrest of Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing; the beating death of Detroiter Malice Green; the federal trial of former Detroit Police Chief William Hart; and the corruption case against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Many of her reports were broadcast live on national networks. Ms. Chodun was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 2014. In addition, she has won two Emmy awards, including one for individual excellence in reporting. She was honored by the Michigan Associated Press in 2000 for photojournalism, and in 2004 and 2009 for best reporting and spot news coverage. In 2004 she received an award for excellence in the media from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. In 2010 Ms. Chodun won the Silver Circle Award from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Wayne State University award for outstanding journalism.
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