When Jay Warren ’94 worked as campus editor for the TCU Daily Skiff, he had “an interest in political journalism,” he said. He has since made a career of bringing significant political stories into the lives of television news viewers, which is “not easy, because viewers often think political news is boring or irrelevant to their lives,” he said. His hard work has paid off. In an April ceremony held in Las Vegas, Warren was recognized for his work as chief political reporter for Roanoke, Va.’s NBC affiliate, WSLS-TV. He received the prestigious Walter Cronkite Award for Individual Achievement from the USC Annenberg School of Communication. Warren earned the award for two news series reports he created for the 2002 congressional elections, “The Road to 2002” and “No Choice.” The first focused on how key issues such as the economy, homeland security and agriculture affect viewers in their daily lives. “No Choice” takes an innovative look at the power of incumbency. “I really wanted to look at why we don’t have more competitive races” he said. Warren’s work has also recently been recognized with the Virginia Associated Press Award for Outstanding Effort by an Individual Reporter at a Television Station.