Phil’s Career Images
“His career as an investigative reporter has served as a model for what great journalism can do in a community. His reporting has uncovered corruption in the Tennessee government and numerous political scandals and has helped drive national conversations on important issues.” — RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award announcement
Phil Williams (Credit: WTVF/NewsChannel 5)
Phil Williams (Credit: WTVF/NewsChannel 5)
Phil Williams (Credit: WTVF/NewsChannel 5)
Phil Williams (Credit: WTVF/NewsChannel 5)
Phil Williams, Tennessean reporter, 1991 (Credit: Nancy Rhoda/The Tennessean)
Phil Williams interviews Vice President Al Gore during a 1993 visit to GM's Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee (Credit: GM public relations)
Phil Williams questions Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, 2015 (Credit: Tennessee Office of Photographic Services)
Phil Williams works the hallways of Tennessee's Capitol Hill (Credit: ray di pietro)
Phil Williams (Credit: WTVF/NewsChannel 5)
Phil Williams confronts neo-Nazis on the steps of Nashville's historic courthouse (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (Credit: Angie Dones/WTVF)
Phil Williams tags along with a drug task force agent (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews a drug task force agent (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams rides with the leader of the Metro Nashville Police Department's juvenile crime task force (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews District Attorney General Kim Helper (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews a civil rights lawyer (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams interviews Tennessee House Majority Leader William Lamberth (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams attempts to interview Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles (Credit: Bryan Staples/WTVF)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams accepts the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2024 (Credit: Columbia Journalism School)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams was the 2024 recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award (Credit: RTDNA/Chorus Photography)
Phil Williams accepts the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, 2023 (Photo: Syracuse University/Scott Robinson Photography)
Phil Williams accepts the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, 2023 (Photo: Syracuse University/Scott Robinson Photography)
Phil Williams accepts the duPont-Columbia Award on behalf of the NewsChannel 5 team, 2023 (Photo: Columbia School of Journalism)
Phil Williams accepts the duPont-Columbia Award on behalf of the NewsChannel 5 team, 2023 (Photo: Columbia School of Journalism)
Phil Williams accepts the duPont-Columbia Award on behalf of the NewsChannel 5 team, 2023 (Photo: Columbia School of Journalism)
Phil Williams accepts the George Foster Peabody Award on behalf of the NewsChannel 5 team, 2024. (Photo: Getty Images)
