Marvin Scott Biography
Marvin Scott is an American award-winning journalist currently working as the station’s senior correspondent and anchor/host of the weekly issues-oriented program “PIX11 News Close Up”.
He joined WPIX in 1980 and has experience of over 50 years in both print and broadcast media. Marvin served on the Executive Media Committee of the Police Chief. He is a trustee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Chair of the New York Chapter Awards, Bard (Vice President) of the Friars Club, and former President of the Television-Radio Working Press Association.
Scott is a graduate of the University of New York. Despite being honored by numerous organizations for his work as a journalist, there is not much knowledge about his educational history.
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Marvin is a member of the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame and has won 11 prestigious Emmy awards for journalistic achievement. Since joining WPIX in 1980, he has worked in a variety of ways: as an anchor, reporter, host, and editor. As of now, Marvin is the station’s senior correspondent and anchor/host of the week-by-week issues-the “PIX11 News Close Up” program.
A veteran columnist with more than 50 years of participation in both print and broadcast media, Marvin’s expertise covers nearby, public and global roles. He recently introduced “Motel Midday Version” and “USA Tonight Weekend,” a widely-partnered broadcast of WPIX’s Independent Network News. Scott has been co-anchor of the daily “WB11 News at Ten” for a long time. He has co-hosted unusual ventures, including the Emmy grant “Operation SAIL ’92: An American Celebration,” “Activity Homecoming” and numerous Columbus and Puerto Rican Day marches.
Prior to joining WPIX, Marvin was a WNEW-TV anchor/reporter (now WNYW-TV). He held previous roles as anchor, correspondent, and producer for CNN, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and WABC-TV. In print media, he was a copywriter for the New York Herald Tribune and a contributor to Parade Magazine. Marvin began his media career as a young man, chasing flames and reporting with his camera. At the age of 14, he gave a photograph of a fire in the New York Daily News.
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Marvin’s duties have brought him from the bleeding edges of Iraq, Cambodia, and the Middle East, to the depths of the U.S. South, where he dealt with social freedoms. He fought with Dr. Martin Luther King. Also, he spent Christmas 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009 with New York fighters in Iraq and in Afghanistan. He interviewed six presidents of the United States. Marvin’s coverage of the Congressional Whitewater hearings was awarded by Emmy for “Remarkable Political Reporting.”
A veteran reporter for the U.S. Space Program, Marvin witnessed the dispatch of numerous Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle flights. Marvin pulled 9 G’s in the F-16 stream, hovered under the Long Island Sound in a nuclear attack submarine, and rang the New York Stock Exchange’s end ringer.
He is the author of “From my perspective: A Reporter’s Intrepid Trip,” a compilation of 26 of the most remarkable accounts of the 15,000 assessed over the last 50 years. Marvin is also an experienced photographer whose work has been seen on display in New York.
Dynamic in neighborhood concerns, Marvin worked on the Executive Media Committee of the Police Chief. He is the Trustee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Chair of the New York Chapter Awards, Bard (Vice President) of the Friars Club, and former President of the Television-Radio Working Press Association.
Marvin Scott Age
How old is Marvin Scott? Marvin is 79 years old as of 2023. He was born on March 10, 1944, in Bronx, New York, the United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on the 10th of March every year, and his zodiac sign is Pisces.
Marvin Scott Height
Scott stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.87 m).
Marvin Scott Family | Parents | Siblings
Marvin was born and raised in Minnesota, the United States of America. However, our efforts to trace his family and parents have been in vain. We promise to update this section once the information is available.
Marvin Scott Wife | Children
Scott was married to his first wife, Joan Scott Pollack, but the couple divorced later. He married his second wife, Lorri Gorman, in 2004. Scott and Joan are blessed with two grown daughters, Steven and Jill.
Marvin Scott’s Net Worth
Scott has an estimated net worth of $2 million. His income is mainly from his successful career as a broadcast journalist.
Marvin Scott Salary
Scott, WPIX’s senior correspondent, and host of the weekly issue-oriented “PIX11 News Close Up” show, receives an average salary ranging from $158,793 to $173,452 a year.
Marvin Scott Awards
It was “Exceptional Television Programming” that earned him an Emmy in 2006 for his edifying interview with comedy lord Jerry Lewis. Despite the seven accomplishments, Marvin has earned more than 40 designations from Emmy. During his trips to the Middle East, he interviewed Golda Meier, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yasser Arafat, among others. Since John Lindsay, every civic president has been covered in New York.
The Associated Press Broadcasters honored him for his coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant disaster, as well as two AP awards for “Exceptional Interview.” The “Terry Anderson Award for Professionalism in Journalism,” named after the columnist kidnapped in Lebanon, was presented to him by the New Jersey Working Press Association. The American Bar Association, Aviation Space Writers Association, New York’s Finest Foundation, and the Cops Foundation have all cited Marvin’s work.
Marvin has been inducted into both the Bronx Jewish Hall of Fame and the Bronx Walk of Fame. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor for Distinguished Americans has been bestowed upon him.
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