Boston Channel.com Managing Editor M.R.F. Buckley is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience in both broadcasting and print.

During her career, Buckley has worked as a TV reporter and newspaper editor, and a news producer, assignment editor, and anchor at television stations in Austin, Texas; Tampa, Fla.; Denver, Colo.; and at Boston's WCVB-TV.

While working as a broadcast reporter, Buckley was recognized for her work with several awards, including a regional Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 1988, and an award for Best Spot News reporting in 1986 from the Associated Press, as well as a first place for reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Under Buckley's direction, WCVB's Web site, The Boston Channel.com, was awarded the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for Best TV News Web site in the New England region in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 by the Radio and Television News Directors Association. (RTNDA)

During her broadcasting career, Buckley covered hurricanes Elena, Juan and Kate in Florida in 1985, tornadoes in Texas and Colorado, and two fatal avalanches in Colorado. She also served as floor reporter from the National Republican Convention in Dallas in 1984 and produced a series of reports from Japan and the Republic of China on economic trade agreements between Colorado, Japan and Taiwan.

Some of her more notable assignments included special reports on gangs and the spread of crack cocaine in Denver, the fatal crash of Continental Flight 1713, the Denver Grand Prix and Superbowl XVIII in Tampa.

Following the birth of her first child, Buckley served as Director of Communications for former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld's Secretary of Education.

She then transitioned to print journalism as an editor at Community Newspaper Company in Boston, serving as editor of the Needham Chronicle/TAB, where she won several awards from the New England Press Association (NEPA), including Best Editorial Writer in 1997 and Best Editorial Pages in 1998. Under her tenure, the newspaper was also recognized with a number of awards for economic, religious and history reporting, including a first-place for investigative reporting from NEPA in 1999.

Buckley transitioned to Internet journalism to launch the Boston Channel.com in March 2000. She and her husband Michael have two children.

Ms. Buckley can be reached at mbuckley@thebostonchannel.com