Kelly Dudzik is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and anchors Midday on WGRZ. She also reports for Most Buffalo, First at Five, the 5:30, and Channel 2 News at 6.
Kelly joined WGRZ in 2013 from KLRT in Little Rock, Arkansas where she anchored the weekend evening newscasts and reported during the week. While in Arkansas, Kelly reported extensively on the on-going desegregation case involving Pulaski County schools. She also covered devastating tornadoes and ice storms.
Kelly began her on-air career at KFBB in Great Falls, Montana as an anchor and executive producer. She spent the first few years of her career behind-the-scenes as a producer at WBRE in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and WXIX FOX19 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kelly is a Cum Laude graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with dual degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. While in college, Kelly served as the news director of the student-run television station, UUTV (now CitrusTV).
Kelly grew up in Manchester, Connecticut and started reporting in high school for the FOX61 Kids' News in Hartford, Connecticut. Her reports aired in the afternoon, and her brother's friends would tell her they'd see her on TV during DuckTales.
Kelly received a 2011 Mid-America Emmy Award for spot news, and her reporting has also earned several honors from the Associated Press. Kelly was also part of the Channel 2 News First at Five team that won a New York Emmy for Best Daytime Newscast in 2015 and the Channel 2 News Tonight team that won for Best Evening Newscast in 2015.
In addition to her work as an anchor at WGRZ, Kelly has asked local politicians tough questions, and reported on everything from education, to health, sports, and all of the great things happening in WNY.
When she's not working, Kelly enjoys cooking, checking out new restaurants, traveling, and following national and local politics. Kelly lives in Buffalo with her husband, Matt, four cats - Blanche, Elsa, Gabby, and Sage - and Milo, a Yorkie mix. Blanche showed up at Matt and Kelly's door as a four-week-old kitten. Elsa was adopted from the City of Buffalo Animal Shelter. Gabby and Sage are bonded sisters who were adopted from Save A Pet of Niagara County. Milo joined the family in 2023 from Joyful Rescues in Cuba, New York.
You can follow Kelly on Facebook (she does Facebook lives each day during Midday), @kellydudzikWGRZ on X, or you can email her your story ideas at kelly.dudzik@wgrz.com.