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Mitch Waldow
Mitch Waldow
Mitch Waldow is a veteran broadcast journalist who has worked in front of and behind the camera as a reporter, writer and producer at a half-dozen Los Angeles television stations. His documentaries have received multiple L.A. Emmy nominations and numerous national awards. Mitch is the recipient of a regional Edward R. Murrow award for large market TV writing, and has picked up several L.A. Press Club honors -- including most recently a Best Live News Coverage award for a webcast he co-anchored for KTTV Fox 11.
Mitch Waldow is a veteran broadcast journalist who has worked in front of and behind the camera as a reporter, writer and producer at a half-dozen Los Angeles television stations. His documentaries have received multiple L.A. Emmy nominations and numerous national awards. Mitch is the recipient of a regional Edward R. Murrow award for large market TV writing, and has picked up several L.A. Press Club honors -- including most recently a Best Live News Coverage award for a webcast he co-anchored for KTTV Fox 11.
As the Archive Manager of the Fox owned and operated stations in L.A., Waldow oversees what is considered to be the largest local television news library on the West Coast, going back to 1949. Hundreds of film and television producers have benefited from Mitch's knowledge of L.A. history and his ability to locate key archival footage for their projects.
Mitch is a local broadcast history buff and film collector who has written and lectured on the subject. He's a proud member of an informal community of archivists who save, preserve and honor L.A.'s television legacy.
updated 7.9.19
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Production executive Nelson Davis and news executive Mitch Waldow
Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma, Nick Scherma, and Mitch Waldow attend the 73rd Emmy Awards Nominee Celebration honoring this year’s nominees for Documentary Programming and Reality Programming at the Television Academy on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Los Angeles Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow and Television Academy Governor Patrika Darbo at the 71st Engineering Emmy Awards, presented by the Television Academy at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE hotel on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
David Wooldridge, Television Academy Foundation Chair Madeline DiNonno, Television Academy Governor Ann Leslie Uzdavinis, and Television Academy Los Angeles Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow at the 2019 Executive Peer Groups Celebration on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
Ellen Lutwak and Television Academy L.A. Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow at the 2019 Art Directors & Set Decorators Nominee Reception on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy L.A. Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow and Television Academy Governor Patrika Darbo at the 2019 Daytime Programming Peer Group Celebration, at the Television Academy on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Executive Committee member Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Bob Boden and Bob Bronow at the Commercials Nominee Reception, Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center, North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Executive Committee member Mitch Waldow, Television Academy President and COO Maury McIntyre, Television Academy Executive Committee Vice Chair Steve Venezia, and Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma at the Costume Design & Supervision Nominee Reception, held at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California, Saturday, August 17, 2019.
Television Academy Executive Committee member Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic and Paul Button arrive at the 71st Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards at the Saban Media Center at Television Academy's North Hollywood, California headquarters on Saturday, July 27, 2019.
Television Academy Foundation Executive Director Jodi Delaney and Mitch Waldow at the 2018 Writers Nominee Reception held on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington, Mitch Waldow, and Rich Waldow at the 2018 Music Peer Group Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington, Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Tammy Glover Park and Tim Gibbons attend the 2018 Executives Peer Group Emmy Celebration at Neuehouse Hollywood on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Television Academy Governor Bob Bergen, James Pearce Connelly, Television Academy President and COO Maury McIntyre, Frank Scherma, and Mitch Waldow attend the Television Academy’s 2018 Performers Peer Group Celebration of the 70th Emmy Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday, August 20, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.
Patricia Judice, Television Academy Governor Rich Carter, Mitch Waldow and Lynda Kahn attend the 2018 Commercials Nominee Reception on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Los Angeles Area Vice Chair Mitch Waldow, and Television Academy Governors Brenda Brkusic and Paul Button arrive at the 70th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center, North Hollywood, California, Saturday, July 28, 2018.
Television Academy Governor Mitch Waldow and Ellen Lutwak are seen at the Television Academy Motion and Title Design Nominee Reception at the Montage Beverly Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
Allie Estrada, Nicholas Veneroso, Mickey Meyer, Lynda Kahn and Mitch Waldow attend the 2017 Producers Nominee Reception presented by the Television Academy on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
Ellen Lutwok and Mitch Waldow are seen at the 2017 Emmy Awards' Directors Nominee Reception presented by The Television Academy at the Directors Guild of America on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Mitch Waldow and Heather Lea Gerdes are seen at the 2017 Emmy Awards' Directors Nominee Reception presented by The Television Academy at the Directors Guild of America on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Television Academy Governor Tony Carey, Susan Nessenbaum-Goldberg and Mitch Waldow attend The Television Academy's 2017 Cinematographers, Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts Emmy Nominee Reception at the Saban Media Center on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.
Allison Binder, Susan Nessenbaum Goldberg and Mitch Waldow attend The Television Academy's 2017 Special Visual Effects Nominee Reception at the Saban Media Center on Moday, August 28, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.
Mitch Waldow and Television Academy Governor Mark Scott Spatny attend The Television Academy's 2017 Special Visual Effects Nominee Reception at the Saban Media Center on Moday, August 28, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.
Allison Binder, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg and Mitch Waldow attend the 2017 Picture Editors Nominee Reception on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Governors Mitch Waldow and Dorenda Moore, and nominee Eddie Perez seen at the Television Academy stunts nominee reception at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 in Los Angeles
Television Academy Governors Mitch Waldow and John O'Brien seen at the Television Academy stunts nominee reception at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 in Los Angeles.
Bryan Sheesley, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg, Jennie Waldow, Ellen Lutwak and Mitch Waldow attend the 2017 Animation & Children’s Nominee Reception on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in North Hollywood, California.
Mitch Waldow and Allison Binder attend the Choreography Nominee Reception at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Sunday, August 27, 2017, in the NoHo Arts District in Los Angeles.
Maria Lynch, Heidi Schaeffer, Mitch Waldow, Lana Rushing and Debbie Perry attend The Television Academy's 2017 Executives Emmy Celebration at The Montage Hotel on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
Television Academy Governor Lynda Kahn, Television Academy Governor Ann Leslie Uzdavinis, Carey Keeney, Television Academy Vice Chair Mitch Waldow and Television Academy Vice Chair Frank Scherma seen at the Television Academy commercial nominee reception at the Montage Beverly Hills on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Television Academy Vice Chair Mitch Waldow and Television Academy Governor Patrika Darbo seen at the Television Academy commercial nominee reception at the Montage Beverly Hills on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 in Beverly Hills, Calif.
L. A. Area governors Paul Button and Beatriz Gomez and Vice Chair, L.A. Area, Academy Executive Committee Mitch Waldow at the L.A. Area Emmy Awards presented at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in North Hollywood, California.
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