My Time at CNN

Wrongly Accused Queens Man Exonerated

John Metaxas reports: WCBS-TV – Dec. 11, 2009 Camera: Brian Antonson; Audio Engineer: Dan Smyksy; Video Editor: Jeffrey Morgan Winner of the 2010 Rev. Mychal Judge Heart Award from the New York Press Club

My last day at WCBS brought vivid memories

By John Metaxas November 10, 2022 Last Friday I anchored my final newscast on WCBS. It ended a run of 18 and 1/2 years at the station, my longest stint at any one job, and one of the most meaningful and satisfying professional experiences of my life. While leaving is bittersweet, I can celebrate all […]

27. New York’s Next Mayor Sets His Agenda: My WCBS interview with Eric Adams

Three days before Eric Adams was elected Mayor of New York, I had the opportunity to interview him live on WCBS during my news broadcast. In a few minutes, here, he outlines his vision for the city in the coming years.

Covering the Debate Debacle #4 — ELECTION INTEGRITY

WCBS asked me to cover first the Presidential Debate from the station’s studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part […]

Covering the Debate Debacle #3 — RACISM

WCBS asked me to cover first the Presidential Debate from the station’s studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part […]

Covering the Debate Debacle #2 — COVID

WCBS asked me to cover first the Presidential Debate from the station’s studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part […]

Covering the Debate Debacle #1 — INCIVILITY

WCBS asked me to cover first the Presidential Debate from the station’s studios, where we maintain a severely limited in-person staff and a strict COVID protocol. I was tasked with reporting, writing and producing four 90-second reports for morning drive time. Each covers a different substantive slice of the debate and aired in a four-part […]

Michael Flynn’s Turkey Connection and the Implications for U.S. Security and Democracy

As the Michael Flynn legal drama comes to its denouement, the media narrative has focused on his guilty plea to lying about conversations with the Russian ambassador and the Justice Department’s late decision to seek to drop charges against Flynn. But Flynn’s other foreign entanglement, with Turkey, may be even more significant to U.S. security, […]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal Blasts Trump Admin. for Failure to Deliver Coronavirus Testing Kits

My interview with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal on WCBS, Sunday March 8, 2020.