Julie Watts

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Julie is an Emmy Award Winning Meteorologist and Reporter/Anchor at KPIX CBS-5 in San Francisco. She is also a freelance host for shows like "Designing Spaces" on TLC.

From wildfires to floods to high winds, she is in her element when reporting live in severe weather. While a meteorologist in Sacramento, she did many of these live reports for The Weather Channel and NBC Weather Plus. In fact, she won an her first Emmy Award for live flood coverage.

As a reporter, her stories range in topic from "Comic Book Investments" to the "Conflict in Kenya". In addition to general assignment reporting, Julie prides herself on enterprising unique story ideas.

Julie is also passionate about international journalism. Last year she traveled to Sierra Leone where she shot, edited & produced "From Sacramento to Sierra Leone". The mini-doc aired on PBS and won 2 Telly Awards for excellence in international reporting.

In addition to hosting "Designing Spaces" on TLC, Julie has long been a local host. From fall fashion to football and creepy critters to cooking segments, she did it all while hosting the KCRA Noon Show live from the Arden Fair Mall.

Julie also has a strong background in multimedia journalism and recently won the first-ever "Advanced Media Emmy Award" for a combo broadcast/online piece she produced.

Before Sacramento, Julie pulled triple duty at KGPE-CBS 47 in Fresno, CA. She was the weekend weather anchor, morning traffic anchor, and a feature reporter. Julie was also the voice of news & traffic each morning on the valley's Clear Channel radio stations.

A graduate of the University of Southern California Julie has a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and a master's degree in online journalism. At her commencement ceremony, she was named graduate student of the year.

She went on to study broadcast meteorology at Mississippi State University and earn her meteorology credentials from the American Meteorological Society.