Dan Monk, perhaps the top investigative reporter on Cincinnati TV today, will retire Friday from WCPO-TV, where he has won four Emmy Awards since 2013.
The West Side resident, and 1983 University of Cincinnati graduate, has been a reporter in his hometown for his entire 43-year career. He started at WSAI-AM and WNNK-FM (1983-1993), before writing for the Cincinnati Business Courier (1994-2013) and joining Channel 9.
“I’m proud of the body of work I’ve produced over the years. I think I’ve written more than 4,000 stories in my career, many of them about issues crucial to the region’s long-term survival,” Monk says on his WCPO-TV bio…