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 for the last eight years, most recently in Green Bay.
"Joining TODAY'S TMJ4 has been a real honor. This station has such an amazing reputation and history in Wisconsin. The people here are true professionals and the Daybreak team makes waking up at 3am fun, which can be hard to do!"
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 started 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. She also won 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 can give Daybreak viewers the latest traffic information in real time. She reports not only trouble spots, but construction projects and can even tell viewers the speed traffic is traveling. The system works with a team of people locally and nationally to get the most accurate up to the minute information.
"What I love about this system is that no matter where you live in the Milwaukee area, you can see what traffic is doing on the highways you use. You don't have to wait for a specific route time to be read, you can see the traffic 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 a five year old son, a dog named Wrigley and two cats, Murphy and Jake. When Lisa's not tracking traffic, she likes to spend time with her family, play soccer and catch up on her favorite TV shows.
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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 for the last eight years, most recently in Green Bay. 
