John Deutzman, a New York native, has been working as a reporter at Fox 5 News since September of 2001. John has won 12 career Emmys and has received 33 Emmy nominations. He's known for his unique style as he investigates the absurdities in our area. John's stories have resulted in arrests, businesses being shut down and many shakeups among governmental agencies. Before moving back to New York, John spent 11 years in Miami, first as a sports reporter but when hurricane Andrew struck, John was thrown into news reporting and eventually made the full time switch to news. John also had stints in Binghamton, New York and Springfield, Massachusetts
   A native of Smithtown, Long Island, John is an 11th-generation Long Islander. He describes himself as a 50/50 mix of his two grandfathers. One grandfather was a journalist who owned the town paper, the "Smithtown Messenger" and the other was one of the first cops in town who had a reputation for being tough but fair.