David Ushery Named Co-Anchor Of WNBC 11 P.M. News

Veteran WNBC New York news anchor David Ushery has been elevated into a new station role, co-anchoring the 4 and 11 p.m. editions of News 4 New York. He will join co-anchor Natalie Pasquarella on both shows starting in early October.

Recently elected to the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame, Ushery currently anchors the 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. editions of News 4 New York. He is a member of the Silver Circle for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter. He was also honored with a National Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow Award for WNBC’s continuing team coverage of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Amy Morris, WNBC VP of news, said: “David is a talented, experienced journalist who takes a thoughtful approach to every story he covers. As an anchor, he’s an incredible newsroom leader who cares about the entire team. I’m delighted that David is taking on this new role.  He is the only person for this job.”

For more than 17 years, Ushery has offered WNBC viewers a front row seat to the biggest news stories of the day. He has travelled around the world to report live from site of terror attacks in Paris and Manchester, England, the front lines in Gaza and the West Bank and the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem. He has also made multiple visits to St. Peter’s Square in Rome where he covered the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the 2013 papal conclave electing Pope Francis and the canonizations of Pope Saint John Paul II and Pope Saint John XXIII.

Ushery is the recipient of three honorary degrees, earning honors from St. John’s University (2014), St. Francis College (2018) and Fordham University (2019). He is actively involved with both the New York Urban League and the Archdiocese of New York, and received numerous awards for community service, including from the Nubian Cultural Center, Consulate of Israel and Public Relations Society of America. He has received the McDonald’s Black Media Legends: Faces of Black History Award and the National Association of Black Journalists Award for his series of reports on children and violence. Ushery has also been named “40 under 40” from Network Journal and Black Professionals Business Magazine.

A Hartford-area native, Ushery graduated from the University of Connecticut and began his broadcast career at WFSB-TV, where he worked as the lead evening reporter. He also reported for the Hartford Courant and the Los Angeles Times. Ushery was 11 years old when he was selected from a search to host the Connecticut edition of Kidsworld, a nationally syndicated television show. One of his first interviews was with news icon Walter Cronkite. Ushery hosted Kidsworld until he was 18.