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David Ushery (born June 5, 1967) is an American television news anchor at WNBC News 4 New York, NBC's flagship owned and operated station.
As a member of the NBC 4 New York News team, Ushery has covered many news stories across the Tri-State region and around the world, including the terror attacks in Manchester, England; Orlando, Florida; and Paris, France.
Ushery was born and raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the only child of Solomon and Winifred Ushery.
At age 11, Ushery was selected from a statewide search to host the local edition of "Kidsworld," a nationally syndicated television show. One of his early interviews was with the late Walter Cronkite, the former CBS News anchor once ranked as the most trusted man in America. In what could be considered a prescient scene from that interview, young Ushery sits at the anchor desk. He asked Cronkite, "What kind of person should be a newscaster?" Cronkite responded that a person should have a sense of curiosity. Ushery has said of the interview: "Many have asked if I think that's when the seed was planted for me to become a television reporter and anchor. I say, YES." Connecticut audiences would see Ushery grow up on television. He hosted Kidsworld until he was 18.
Ushery graduated from the University of Connecticut with a double major in political science and journalism. While at the university he was a staff writer for the Hartford Courant newspaper, where he honed his skills for covering local politics and events. He also reported for the Los Angeles Times. The CBS affiliate in Hartford, WFSB-TV, hired Ushery right after his graduation for its training program. But recognizing his talent, the station offered him a full-time general assignment reporting position within just a matter of months.[citation needed]
As the lead reporter for WFSB's 11 pm broadcast, Ushery covered many stories impacting the everyday lives of the citizens of Connecticut's capital city. But one of these stories made an indelible impression on Ushery: the night he and his photographer spent with residents of New Britain who were being terrorized by arsonists. Within two years of starting at the station, Ushery traveled to Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union for a story on policing. The overseas trip would become the first of many in Ushery's career, as news directors recognized his talent for covering international stories.
In 1993, at the age of 25, Ushery was recruited by WABC-TV in New York City to join its staff as a general assignment reporter, covering news for the number one station in the top market in the nation.
He was part of the station's coverage of the police investigations into the shooting death of Amadou Diallo and the torture of Abner Louima, the deaths of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy, Jr. and September 11 terrorist attacks. He was on the team of reporters for WABC's extended coverage of the celebrations for the Yankees World Series wins and the installation of Edward Cardinal Egan to lead New York City's Archdiocese.
David Ushery
David Ushery (born June 5, 1967) is an American television news anchor at WNBC News 4 New York, NBC's flagship owned and operated station.
As a member of the NBC 4 New York News team, Ushery has covered many news stories across the Tri-State region and around the world, including the terror attacks in Manchester, England; Orlando, Florida; and Paris, France.
Ushery was born and raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut, the only child of Solomon and Winifred Ushery.
At age 11, Ushery was selected from a statewide search to host the local edition of "Kidsworld," a nationally syndicated television show. One of his early interviews was with the late Walter Cronkite, the former CBS News anchor once ranked as the most trusted man in America. In what could be considered a prescient scene from that interview, young Ushery sits at the anchor desk. He asked Cronkite, "What kind of person should be a newscaster?" Cronkite responded that a person should have a sense of curiosity. Ushery has said of the interview: "Many have asked if I think that's when the seed was planted for me to become a television reporter and anchor. I say, YES." Connecticut audiences would see Ushery grow up on television. He hosted Kidsworld until he was 18.
Ushery graduated from the University of Connecticut with a double major in political science and journalism. While at the university he was a staff writer for the Hartford Courant newspaper, where he honed his skills for covering local politics and events. He also reported for the Los Angeles Times. The CBS affiliate in Hartford, WFSB-TV, hired Ushery right after his graduation for its training program. But recognizing his talent, the station offered him a full-time general assignment reporting position within just a matter of months.[citation needed]
As the lead reporter for WFSB's 11 pm broadcast, Ushery covered many stories impacting the everyday lives of the citizens of Connecticut's capital city. But one of these stories made an indelible impression on Ushery: the night he and his photographer spent with residents of New Britain who were being terrorized by arsonists. Within two years of starting at the station, Ushery traveled to Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union for a story on policing. The overseas trip would become the first of many in Ushery's career, as news directors recognized his talent for covering international stories.
In 1993, at the age of 25, Ushery was recruited by WABC-TV in New York City to join its staff as a general assignment reporter, covering news for the number one station in the top market in the nation.
He was part of the station's coverage of the police investigations into the shooting death of Amadou Diallo and the torture of Abner Louima, the deaths of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy, Jr. and September 11 terrorist attacks. He was on the team of reporters for WABC's extended coverage of the celebrations for the Yankees World Series wins and the installation of Edward Cardinal Egan to lead New York City's Archdiocese.