Monte Francis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist based in San Francisco, California. The Associated Press Television and Radio Association named him Reporter of the Year in 2013 for a region covering thirteen western states. Monte has won four Emmys; the latest in 2015 for his part in NBC Bay Area's coverage of the Napa earthquake. Monte is a graduate of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and has a masters of fine arts in creative writing from California State University Fresno.
