SMU Alumnus Craig Lucie ’04 Wins Best News Anchor Emmy Award

Craig Lucie won an Emmy Award as the best news anchor at the Southeast Emmy Awards gala in Atlanta on June 11. Craig anchors Channel 2 Action News at 4 p.m. on WSB-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station in Atlanta.
The Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences includes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina.
Before moving to Atlanta in 2011, Craig worked at WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida, as a reporter and weekend anchor for four years. He covered everything from hurricanes and shuttle launches to the Casey Anthony case. He has contributed reports to NBC News, CNN, HLN, and Fox News Channel on numerous occasions. Prior to his work in Orlando, Craig was with KTBC in Austin, where he interviewed Gov. Rick Perry on multiple occasions and toured military bases with U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Before KTBC, Craig was an anchor and reporter at KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he covered the most active hurricane season in recorded history.
He was part of a team that received the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for a newscast following a tragic police shooting. His previous honors also include “Best Reporter” and “Best Feature News Story” awards from The Associated Press.
Craig earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from SMU, where he met his wife, Alexandra Dillard Lucie ’05, whose innovative leadership in retail management and merchandising was recognized with SMU’s 2014 Emerging Leader Award. Craig and Alexandra have assumed regional SMU alumni leadership roles, serving on the board of the Atlanta Alumni Chapter and the Second Century Campaign Steering Committee for Atlanta.