MINNEAPOLIS â Kelly Jo McDonnell, after growing up in the shadow of her Hall of Fame father Jim McDonnell in Royal, continues making a name for herself in the broadcast journalism world after recently winning an Emmy in November for her production work on âMinnesota Bound,â which airs on KARE-11, the NBC affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The award winning production piece, a Boundary Waters Mining special, won in the category of public/current/community affairs program.
âWe called it âThe Boundary Waters at Risk,â and it highlighted the Minnesota mining quandary of Twin Metals wanting to mine copper right on the edge of the Boundary Waters,â she explained. âWe covered both sides â can they mine safely, etc. Boy, did we find plenty of opinions ⦠mainly up in Ely, Minnesota, where the whole debate is a pretty hot topic.