Tom Wills joined Channel 4 in 1975 and has co-anchored Jacksonville's highest rated evening newscasts for 31 years.

Before coming to Jacksonville, Tom was a reporter at WTOP radio and WTOP-TV in Washington.

While there, Tom covered events such as the Martin Luther King assassination riots, Bobby Kennedy's funeral, the Supreme Court hearing on the Pentagon Papers, the Watergate break-in and President Richard Nixon's departure from office. He also worked as a part-time instructor at American University, teaching news reporting.

Tom says the favorite part of his job is that it offers a new experience every day. Tom's enthusiasm and hard work have earned him two Florida Emmys, and he shares two Columbia Dupont awards for documentary reporting.

Like many other broadcast journalists, Tom also has some moments he would rather not remember. One happened while he was anchoring the weekend news dressed head to toe in bright yellow.

"I didn't think it was embarrassing at the time, but looking back, it was," he said.

Tom has many outside interests. His favorite book is "Sermon on the Mount" by Emmett Fox and his favorite movie is the Oscar-winning "Dances With Wolves."

He is also an avid sports fan. He enjoys watching the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers, the Florida Gators football and all college basketball.

A Pittsburgh native, Tom has a journalism degree from American University. He and his wife, Gina, have three grown children.

Fun Facts From Tom:		Tom's Favorite Web Links:
"My middle name is Allen, after an ancestor on my mother's side of the family, Ethan Allen, leader of the Green Mountain Boys in the late 1700s." "My iPod has 1,763 songs on it, including 160 by Frank Sinatra, 54 by the Kingston Trio and 28 by indie-rocker, Badly Drawn Boy. The rest of the music covers a wide spectrum ranging from Brenda Lee to Rod Stewart to Kiri Te Kanawa to the Pittsburgh Symphony Brass." "I love fireworks because I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy born on the Fourth of July." "I read mostly non-fiction. U.S. history and biographies are my favorites."		WashingtonPost.com PittsburghPostGazette.com GoogleNews MacCentral News4Jax.com

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