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Lisa Manna joined TODAY'S TMJ4 in November of 2006 and is the "Road Warrior Traffic" reporter on Live at Daybreak. Lisa is a native of Ogden Dunes, Indiana but has lived in Wisconsin since 1999, most recently in Green Bay.
Lisa holds a degree in journalism from Columbia College in Chicago, where she did internships at WMAQ-TV, CNN's Chicago bureau and WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana. She started her journalism career in St. Joseph, Missouri where she was a "one-man band" reporter. From there she moved to Peoria, Illinois to work as a reporter at WHOI-TV. She was hired as a reporter in Green Bay at WBAY-TV in 1999 and was promoted several times until becoming the morning news anchor there in 2002.
While in Green Bay, her reporting and anchoring contributed to several major awards the station received, including a National Murrow Award in 2002 and multiple nods from the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association. She was also honored with several awards for volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club of Green Bay and was a finalist for the Green Bay Packers Community Quarterback Award.
With the new "Road Warrior Traffic" system, Lisa gives Daybreak viewers the latest traffic information in real time. She reports not only trouble spots, but construction projects and can even tell viewers the exact speeds traffic is moving. The system uses a team of producers locally and nationally to get the most accurate up to the minute information. Through the web, viewers can also sign up for a variety of customized traffic alerts that can be sent to their email, cell phone or home phone. Just click on “Traffic”.
"What I love about this system is that no matter where you are in the Milwaukee area, you can see what traffic is like on the highways you use. You don't have to wait for a specific route time to be read. You can see the traffic flow right on the maps. I think this makes traffic reports more viewer friendly."
Lisa's husband, Jason is from Kimberly, Wisconsin. They have a full house with two children, a dog and two cats. When Lisa's not tracking traffic, she likes to spend time with her family, play soccer and catch up on her favorite TV shows.
Follow Lisa on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lisamanna
