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Walt Kane is an American broadcast journalist, known for his investigative reporting. The Society of Professional Journalists has described his work as being "in the highest traditions of investigative journalism."

Kane is currently employed by News 12 New Jersey, where his work airs under the "Kane In Your Corner" brand. He has been honored with nearly 200 awards for outstanding reporting, including seven Emmy Awards and two consecutive Edward R. Murrow Awards. His investigations have inspired new laws, prompted criminal investigations and identified more than $3 billion in public waste, fraud and abuse.

News 12 New Jersey (1996-present)
Kane joined News 12 New Jersey when it signed on the air in 1996 as an anchor and news manager. He has run the station's investigative unit since it was created in 2001. In 2013, Kane and his unit aired more than 20 reports exposing various problems with a remediation and redevelopment project at the Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury, NJ. The reports resulted in a state takeover and new legislation which changes how the state handles "legacy landfills." Kane In Your Corner's coverage was specifically cited by lawmakers during legislative hearings as evidence of the need for reform. Also in 2013, Kane exposed police brutality in one New Jersey city, and showed how officials attempted to keep brutality settlements secret through false or incomplete responses to public records requests. He also became the first broadcast journalist in the country to report on substandard, potentially harmful motor oil for sale at gas stations and convenience stores.

After Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012, Kane temporarily abandoned traditional investigative reporting and embarked on an effort to do as many stories as possible, as quickly as possible, to provide relief to New Jersey storm victims. Producing 2-3 different reports a day, Kane exposed price gouging, coached viewers through the process of filing insurance claims and applying for disaster relief,  and explored flaws in the disaster relief process. The reports helped New Jersey storm victims get concessions from banks, insurance companies and other businesses, or receive assistance from FEMA which had originally been denied. Kane also confronted public figures who misused their power during and after the storm by misappropriating taxpayer provided generators to protect their personal homes and businesses, leading to public apologies and criminal investigations. Despite the speed in which the reports were assembled, and the comparatively weak production values that resulted, the Deadline Club, New York City's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists selected them over entries from national news networks as the best investigative or series reporting of 2012.

Other notable investigations include No Show Policing (2011), which exposed how a New Jersey police chief and other politically connected officers each collected tens of thousands of dollars a year working extra duty details, often billing for hours that were not worked. In The Mind of a Child (2007) explored whether a prominent psychologist intentionally implanted false memories of child abuse in children involved in child custody disputes; the psychologist later lost her license. Elizabeth Police Misconduct (2005) exposed a group of police officers drinking and apparently committing crimes on duty, with one even bragging that he had extorted the alcohol from a local business. In 2003, a series of reports about lax security at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station led to dramatic security upgrades and a new state law allowing nuclear plant guards to carry automatic weapons.

Early career
Prior to joining News 12 New Jersey, Kane worked as a reporter, producer anchor and news director for stations in New York, Michigan, Oklahoma and Kansas. In 1993, Kane spent several weeks in Mogadishu, Somalia, covering the US military and relief mission for WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While there, he and his photographer ventured deep into Mogadishu without a military escort to locate the four year old daughter of a Michigan State University student whose husband had been killed during the civil war. The child was subsequently reunited with her mother in the United States.

Journalism activities
Kane is a member of several journalism organizations, including Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He has spoken at conferences, colleges and News 12 Network stations on topics including investigative reporting techniques, journalism ethics and news writing. For the past two years, Kane has taught investigative reporting techniques to journalists from the Republic of Georgia, a nation with an emerging free media, as part of a program coordinated by the International Center for Journalists.

Personal life
Kane was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Manhattan College with a BA in Communication Arts//Journalism, and pursued graduate studies in Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska. He is married with one child.