Inside TV News: WPIX11’s Marvin Scott, in Conversation with Magee Hickey
Inside TV News: WPIX11’s Marvin Scott, in Conversation with Magee Hickey
April, 23, 2024 @ 2:45-4:00pm
Marvin Scott is PIX11’s Senior Correspondent, now in his 44th year. He is a member of the NYS Broadcasters Hall of Fame and recipient of 12 prestigious Emmy awards for journalistic achievement. He joined WPIX in 1980 and has served as anchor, reporter, host and producer. His background in print and broadcast media includes local, national and international assignments. Previously he anchored INN Midday Edition and USA Tonight Weekend, nationally syndicated newscasts; co-anchored WB11 News at Ten; was anchor/reporter at WNEW-TV (now WNYW-TV). Other experience includes anchor, correspondent and producer at CNN, Mutual Broadcasting System and WABC-TV; feature writer for the New York Herald Tribune, contributing editor to Parade Magazine. As a teenager, he chased fires and news stories with his camera, at 14 selling a photo of a raging fire to the NY Daily News. Covered front lines of Iraq, Cambodia and the Middle East; reported on protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King. Interviewed six American presidents, and Middle East leaders, including Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat. He has covered every NYC mayor since John Lindsay. Author, As I Saw It: A Reporter’s Intrepid Journey. Professional honors/awards include a citation in the Congressional Record for “responsible reporting” of urban riots, Associated Press Broadcasters award for reporting on the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident, two AP honors for “Outstanding Interview.” A Bronx native, he is installed in the Bronx Walk of Fame and the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame. His photography has been exhibited in NY galleries. PIX11’s Magee Hickey has been a reporter for every NYC TV station over her long career.