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Pat Battle
Pat Battle (born December 9, 1959) is an American journalist. Since 1996, she has been at WNBC-TV. Early life Patricia (nickname, "Pat") N. Battle was born December 9, 1959. Of African-American descent, she grew up in Neptune Township, New Jersey, where her mother was a member of the township committee and served as police commissioner. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1977, where she had been a cheerleader.Lewis, Evelyn Stryker (1998)''Neptune and Shark River Hills''(via Google Books), p. 88. Charlotte, North Carolina: Arcadia Publishing; ; retrieved May 27, 2011. Her first job was with the ''Asbury Park Press'' as a reporter. Career Battle won a 2005 New York Regional Emmy Award for Political Programming for her work on the U.S. presidential primary edition of WNBC-TV's ''What Matters''. She appeared as herself on the Netflix series, ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' and is set to appear in a second-season episode of Peacock's ''Girls5eva''. Personal life Battle is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertising, or public relations personnel. Depending on the form of journalism, "journalist" may also describe various categories of people by the roles they play in the process. These include reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, Editorial board, editors, Editorial board, editorial writers, columnists, and photojournalists. A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using source (journalism), sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, from home or outside to witness events or interview people. Reporters may be assigned a specific Beat reporting, beat (area of cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck () is a Township (New Jersey), township in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. The town is know for their pancake throwing contest held every September. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 41,246, an increase of 1,470 (+3.7%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 39,776, which in turn reflected an increase of 516 (+1.3%) from the 39,260 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. As of 2020, Teaneck was the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, behind Hackensack, New Jersey, Hackensack, which had a population of 46,030. Teaneck was created on February 19, 1895, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature from portions of Englewood Township, New Jersey, Englewood Township and Ridgefield Township, New Jersey, Ridgefield Township, both of which are now defunct (despite existing municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From New York City
Many notable people were either born in New York City or adopted it as their home. People from New York City 0–9 * 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper * 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez, born 1996) – rapper * 22Gz (Jeffrey Mark Alexander, born 1997) – Brooklyn drill rapper A *Aaliyah (Aaliyah Haughton, 1979–2001) – singer, actress and model * Zaid Abdul-Aziz (born 1946) – professional basketball player * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947) – basketball player * George Abernethy (1807–1877) – first provisional Governor of Oregon * Cecile Abish (born 1930) – sculptor * Oday Aboushi (born 1991) – football player * Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) – actor * Bella Abzug (1920–1998) – Congressional representative * Eric Adams (born 1960) – Mayor of New York City * Garnett Adrain (1815–1878) – member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey * Cornelius Rea Agnew (1830–1888) – ophthalmologist * Eliza Agnew ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Teaneck, New Jersey
The following is a list of notable current and former residents of Teaneck, New Jersey. denotes that the person was born in Teaneck. Academics and science * Robert S. Browne (1924-2004), economist who founded African-American self-help programs * Frank Chapman (1864–1945), ornithologist * Stephen P. Cohen (1945–2017), scholar on Middle Eastern affairs who founded the Institute for Middle East Peace and Development * Herbert Dardik (1935–2020), vascular surgeon who served as the chief of vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center * Frank Gill (born 1941), ornithologist * Alan Kadish (born 1956), president and CEO of Touro College * Peter Kenen (1932–2012), economist who served as provost of Columbia University * Karl Meyer (1899–1990), German-born biochemist * Clifford Nass (1958–2013), professor at Stanford University; expert on human-computer interaction * Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), biochemist and developer of ribbon diagrams of protein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of American Print Journalists
This is a list of selected American print journalists, including some of the more notable figures of 20th-century newspaper and magazine journalism. 19th-century print journalists * M. E. C. Bates (1839–1905) – writer, journalist, newspaper editor; co-organizer/president of the Michigan Woman's Press Association; associate editor of the ''Grand Traverse Herald''; writer for the ''Evening Record'' and the ''Detroit Tribune''; oldest, continuous, newspaper correspondent in Michigan * Mary Temple Bayard (pen name, "Meg"; 1853–1916) – writer, journalist * Philip Alexander Bell (1808–1886) – abolitionist; founder and editor of ''The Colored American'', ''The Pacific Appeal'', and ''The San Francisco Elevator'' * Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906) – "Aunt Dorothy" letters at ''True Light'' * Anna Braden (1858–1939) – editor, ''Presbyterian Visitor'' * Mary Towne Burt (1842–1898) – newspaper publisher and editor of '' Our Union'', the organ of the Woman's Christian Tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Simmons
Sue Simmons (born May 27, 1942) is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead anchorwoman at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. Her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012 and WNBC announced that it would not renew it. Her final broadcast was on June 15, 2012, shortly after her 70th birthday. Early life and education Simmons grew up in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village; her father was John Simmons, a jazz bassist whose contemporaries included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Lena Horne and Nat King Cole. She graduated from Julia Richman High School in 1961 and decided to work instead of going on to college. Career WNBC She began her career as a consumer action reporter at WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut. She was with WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1974 to 1976 where she was an anchor for the station's Action News and Baltimore At One broadcasts. From 1976 to 1980 she was a reporter and anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Whole Life Is Thunder
"My Whole Life Is Thunder" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of the American television comedy series ''30 Rock'', and the 133rd overall episode of the series. It was directed by Linda Mendoza and written by Jack Burditt and Colleen McGuinness. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on December 6, 2012. The episode received a positive critical response and was watched by 3.22 million viewers. Plot Jenna is incensed that Liz's unexpected wedding the day before has upstaged her plans for a surprise wedding with fiancé Paul L'astnamé. As a peace offering, Jenna is invited to accompany Liz to a reception honoring the "80 Under 80" from an organization called Women in Media. Liz is one of the women who will receive an award at the reception. Jenna plans to get her revenge by disrupting the ceremony with a surprise wedding, but Liz is able to thwart her plan with unflattering stage lighting. Jenna eventually admits that she is having trouble adjusting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Rock
''30 Rock'' is an American satire, satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show depicted as airing on NBC. The series's name refers to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, where the NBC Studios (New York City), NBC Studios are located and where ''Saturday Night Live'' is written, produced, and performed. The series was produced by Lorne Michaels's Broadway Video (which also produces ''Saturday Night Live'') and Fey's Little Stranger (film company), Little Stranger, in association with NBCUniversal. ''30 Rock'' episodes were produced in a single-camera setup (with the exception of the two live television, live episodes that were produced in the multiple-camera setup) and were filmed in New York. The Pilot (30 Rock), pilot episode premiered on Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Batman (film)
''The Batman'' is a 2022 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay he wrote with Peter Craig, it is a reboot of the ''Batman'' film franchise produced by DC Films. Robert Pattinson stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman alongside Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, and Colin Farrell. The film sees Batman, in his second year fighting crime in Gotham City, uncover corruption with ties to his own family while pursuing the Riddler (Dano), a mysterious serial killer targeting the city's elite. A new ''Batman'' film for the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) franchise starring Ben Affleck as the character was announced in October 2014. Affleck signed on to direct, produce, co-write, and star in ''The Batman'' by 2016, but had reservations about the project and dropped out in January 2017. Reeves took over the following month and reworked the story, removing the DCEU conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MSNBC
MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts rolling news coverage and Modern liberalism in the United States, liberal-leaning Opinion journalism, political commentary. MSNBC was originally established as part of a joint venture between NBC News and Microsoft (with its name being a portmanteau of MSN and NBC), encompassing the channel and the news website NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com. Microsoft would divest its stake in the channel in 2005, followed by the website in 2012; the website was then rebranded as NBCNews.com to associate it more closely with the NBC News division, leaving MSNBC.com to become a website for the channel and its opinion content. MSNBC initially focused on rolling news coverage, including long-form reports, interactive television, interactive programs, and stories con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bourne Legacy (film)
''The Bourne Legacy'' is a 2012 American action-thriller film directed by Tony Gilroy, and is the fourth installment in the series of films adapted from the ''Jason Bourne'' novels originated by Robert Ludlum and continued by Eric Van Lustbader. The film centers on black ops agent Aaron Cross (portrayed by Jeremy Renner), an original character. In addition to Renner, the film stars Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton. ''The Bourne Legacy'' was preceded by '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), '' The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004), and '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007). ''The Bourne Legacy'' is the only film in the franchise that does not feature titular character Jason Bourne, as actor Matt Damon chose not to return because Paul Greengrass was not the director. Bourne is shown in pictures and mentioned by name several times throughout the film. Tony Gilroy, co-screenwriter of the first three films, sought to continue the story of the film series without changing its key events, and parts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve (2011 Film)
''New Year's Eve'' is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Katherine Fugate, and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Héctor Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Hilary Swank, and Sofía Vergara. ''New Year's Eve'' is the second in an unofficial trilogy of romantic comedy films directed by Garry Marshall, set on a one-day holiday and featuring an ensemble cast in a variety of stories, the other films being ''Valentine's Day'' (2010) and '' Mother's Day'' (2016). ''New Year's Eve'' was released on December 9, 2011, and received generally negative reviews from critics but grossed $142 million. Plot ''The film follows several interconnected people on New Year's Eve in NYC.'' Vice-President of the Times Squar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
