WJLA reporter wins Regional Emmy for report on the Miller family

Jay Korff, a reporter with WJLA Channel 7, the ABC affiliate in the Washington metropolitan area, received a Regional Emmy for his story, History Hidden No More, which aired in February 2023. Korff was honored during the 66th Regional Emmy Awards ceremony on June 22 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland. He won in the Diversity/Equity/Inclusion News category.

According to his biography on the WJLA website, Korff is a general assignment reporter with WJLA Channel 7 and WJLA 24/7. He also has a long-form franchise at the station called ABC7 Stories that focuses on in-depth features showcasing the power of the human condition. 

Korff joined WJLA in 2003 after working at WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. Before that, he reported for stations in Fort Wayne, Indiana; La Crosse, Wisconsin; and Helena, Montana. He has received numerous awards during his career, including 84 Regional Emmys; in fact, he won six other Emmys this year.

The Regional Emmys are awarded annually by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. NCCBC is one of 19 regional chapters nationwide, and the largest with 1,500 members. 

As a matter of interest, several other members of the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter have done stories about Gallaudet in recent years, including Adam Longo of WUSA Channel 9, president of the organization’s executive committee, and Aimee Cho of WRC Channel 4, first vice president. Longo reported on the National Deaf Life Museum in December 2021, while Cho did a story about the Gallaudet University debate team following their trip to the Social Justice Debates at Morehouse College in April 2022.