Adam Schrager covers politics for KUSA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Denver, Colorado. In more than 15 years in the business, he has won numerous broadcast journalism accolades, including more than a dozen Emmy awards. He teaches an introductory class on broadcast journalism at the University of Denver and has conducted dozens of seminars on the impact of the media on politics. He is also a regular contributor to 5280 magazine and has freelanced articles for many publications around the country. Schrager has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University where he won the Harrington Award, the Medill School of Journalism's highest honor. He began his career in 1991 with CBS News in London, then moved back to the United States. After working in various capacities for TV stations in Lacrosse, Madison, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he moved to Denver in 1999. Schrager lives in the Denver metro area with his wife, Cathy. They will soon be expanding their family to include two daughters.