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Frank Volpicella is an award-winning American journalist.[1][2] In 2014 he was part of a team at Austin, Texas's KVUE, who won a Peabody Award for a documentary on mental health.[3]
Volpicella spent 15 years at KVUE, prior to accepting a job as news director at WGCL-TV, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia.[3] Previously he had worked at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Ala., and at WSB-TV, also in Atlanta. Volpicella said he started working when he was 16 years old.
Patti C. Smith, who was then the President of KVUE, called Volpicella an icon in the USA's news industry.[2]
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Richard Whittaker (2015-04-29). "Film Flam: Linklater, Krisha, and Slackerwood". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
The National Association of Broadcasters honored Andy Pierrotti, photojournalists Derek Rasor and Matt Olsen, president general manager Patti C. Smith, news director Frank Volpicella and assistant news director Michelle Chism for The Cost of Troubled Minds, a seven month investigation into the staggering and frightening underinvestment in mental health care in Texas.
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"Frank Volpicella" (in English). Austin 360. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
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Gary Dinges (2016-06-01). "Former KVUE news director lands Atlanta gig". Austin Statesman. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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