WYFF News 4 anchor, reporter McCormick honored by College News Association of the Carolinas
March 13, 2017
WYFF News 4 anchor and reporter Mike McCormick has received the Pete Ivey Award from the College News Association of the Carolinas (CNAC) in recognition for his outstanding work in news coverage.
McCormick joined WYFF in April 2007 as a reporter in the Spartanburg newsroom. In 2014, he also was named anchor of WYFF News 4 on Sundays at 6 and 11 p.m.
His nomination for the CNAC award noted his coverage of the seven colleges in Spartanburg as well as colleges and universities around the Upstate in addition to other coverage. “Mike is a consummate professional, and he is noted as being friendly and personable even in times when he has to ask the ‘tough questions,’” the nomination read. “Mike cares about getting the story right and presenting truth; he understands the issues and challenges facing our world today, and he provides reports that are always thoughtful and thorough.”
McCormick came to the Upstate from Arkansas, where he was a reporter/fill-in anchor at one of WYFF 4’s sister stations, KHBS/KHOG, for nearly three years. While there, he became known as the station’s resident “dumpster diver,” and his work on identity theft won two first-place awards for investigative reporting from the Associated Press.
Before working in Arkansas, McCormick was a writer for the primetime newscasts at WSVN in Miami. His first TV gig actually came in high school when he was an anchor for PCS Journal, a show airing on a community access television station run by his school district.
In 2008, McCormick received a Southeast Regional Emmy Award nomination in the Consumer/Business Reporting category for his piece, “Are You Too Fat for Your Car?” He was also nominated in 2014 for “Surprise on the Diamond,” the story of an airman whose homecoming shocked his mother at a Greenville Drive baseball game.
McCormick graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in broadcast journalism and theatre arts.
The College News Association of the Carolinas is an organization of marketing and public relations professionals from South Carolina and North Carolina. Its members work in a variety of positions, including communications, marketing, publications, media relations, writing, graphic design, web design and content development, and social media communications.
The Pete Ivey Award is named for a CNAC pioneer who died in 1975 while serving as news bureau chief at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The award is presented each year to a member of the media for outstanding work in news coverage, commitment to ethical practices and an appreciation for the public they serve.
