Jim Blue is an award-winning anchor, reporter, and manager. From September, 2002 until June, 2008 Jim served as primary weekday anchor of NBC24 news at 6, 7, 7:30, and 11 p.m. In 2006 the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters honored Jim as Best Anchor in Ohio. He is currently seeking a position as an anchor/reporter, news manager, or media relations specialist.

In August, 2007, Jim was the first journalist to shoot underwater video of the Wreck of the Gen. Anthony Wayne which sank in 1850 in Lake Erie. The Wayne, discovered in Sept. 2006, is the earliest steamship wreck in Lake Erie. 

In September, 2005, Jim travelled to the Persian Gulf to report on the deployment of Toledo's 180th Fighter Wing in the Iraq War.

In May, 2005, Jim broadcast live from 30 feet underwater as members of Toledo's Dive Rescue team demonstrated how to recover a victim from a sunken automobile.

In 2004, he was honored with a first place for Best Enterprise Reporting by Associated Press for his investigation of internet sex predators. The story also was recognized with an Emmy nomination.

Before NBC24 Jim was the primary anchor for the ABC affiliate in Columbia, S.C. Jim has more than 25 years experience as a broadcast journalist.

One month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jim traveled to Afghanistan to report on America’s war on terror. His stories on the humanitarian food drops to the Afghani people garnered Jim an Emmy nomination. Jim has also reported from many of the world’s hotspots, including Bosnia, Macedonia, and Rwanda.

Jim won an Emmy award for live coverage of the search for a missing Dayton, Ohio, girl. He has won numerous other awards recognizing his investigative reports.

Jim’s wife Kay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Education at Owens Community College. Their son, Alex, is a senior in Aviation at Ohio State University and an Air Force ROTC cadet. Their daughter, Sagan, recently completed her International Baccalaureate degree at Li Po Chun College in Hong Kong and will attend the University of Southern California in the Fall of 2008.

When he isn’t at work, Jim enjoys time with his family, sail boating, scuba diving, and flying.