Adam May (television reporter) explained

Adam May
Education:University of Minnesota (BA)
Occupation:Journalist
Former anchor and reporter at WBAL-TV

Adam May is a former television news anchor and reporter, best known for his work on Al Jazeera America and with WJZ-TV and WBAL-TV in Baltimore. He was previously lead contributor to Al Jazeera America's flagship show, America Tonight. May was also previously an anchor and reporter at Baltimore's CBS-owned station, WJZ-TV.[1]

About

May attended the University of Minnesota. He started his career at KBJR in Duluth, Minnesota, before working at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, and WAAY in Huntsville, Alabama.[2]

In 2003, he joined WJZ-TV in Baltimore. Adam May's investigative stories have covered issues including the energy crisis, port security, witness intimidation and prison staffing shortages. In 2006, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences named May "Best Live Reporter" for the Mid-Atlantic region. After 10 years with the station he left to pursue national broadcast news at Al Jazeera America's news show, America Tonight as a national correspondent and backup anchor. In 2016, after Al Jazeera America disbanded, May briefly was a freelance correspondent for CBS Newspath in Washington, D.C., before returning to Baltimore, this time at WBAL-TV as a weekend anchor and weekday evening reporter.[3]

May left WBAL-TV in 2018 for a corporate communications job for Renewal by Andersen in his native Minneapolis.[4] [5]

May is married to Derek Valcourt, a fellow broadcaster whom he met while both were working in Huntsville, Alabama. Valcourt followed May to WJZ-TV. May and Valcourt have a son.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Zurawlk. David. Adam May leaving WJZ for Al Jazeera America. October 29, 2013. The Baltimore Sun. May 20, 2013.
  2. News: Adam May will have prime time role at Al Jazeera America. November 21, 2013. The Baltimore Sun.
  3. News: Best TV news anchor. November 21, 2013. Baltimore City Paper.
  4. News: Zurawik . David . WBAL's Adam May leaving Baltimore and TV journalism . 18 October 2023 . Baltimore Sun . 14 March 2018.
  5. News: Thompson . Kyra . Renewal by Andersen Agrees to Stop Excluding Certain D.C. Areas . 1 July 2024 . Door and Window Market Magazine . 22 August 2019.
  6. News: Marion . Jane . In the Kitchen with Adam May and Derek Valcourt . 18 October 2023 . Baltimore Magazine . 21 April 2014.