Cathy Hobbs

Cathy Hobbs

Cathy Hobbs is a general assignment reporter and principal substitute anchor for the CW11 News At Ten on WPIX-TV in New York City. She joined WPIX in April 1997; from WRC-TV the NBC owned and operated station in Washington, D.C. Cathy is also the Co-Host of “NY Residential TV” a weekly real estate series on the CW11 that explores house hunting in New York City.

Throughout her career Cathy has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, and is a five-time Emmy award winner. During her 11 years at WPIX, she has received twelve nominations. In March 2004, Cathy earned the prestigious Emmy Award given for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in General Assignment and Live Reporting for a composite of her work throughout the year. In April 2003, Cathy was honored with an Emmy Award for outstanding reporting relating to an in-depth series called “Get Out Alive” an informational piece which outlined how to survive a high-rise fire. In 1999, an investigative report called “Hair To Dye For” was nominated for its in-depth look into the potential dangers of hair dye. In 2000, “Sharpton Goes To Washington” earned another nomination. The story profiled a march in Washington, D.C. demanding an investigation into 1999 death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant who was shot and killed by police who mistook his wallet for a gun. In 2001, “City Of Dreams” earned Cathy a third nomination. The feature story profiled three New Yorkers and their desire to “make it” in New York. Cathy has been selected twice to attend the prestigious Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Tampa, Florida. In 1998 she was selected to be one of 12 journalists attending the institute’s “Advanced Power Reporting” seminar.

Hobbs began her broadcast career at KGET-TV in Bakersfield, California, while still a student at The University Of Southern California. In 1991, Cathy joined WOLO-TV in Columbia, South Carolina as its “featured night-beat” reporter. She remained there for a year then moved to WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee.

While with the NBC station in Nashville, Hobbs was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. One nomination, for her work in Frankfurt, Germany on a Bosnian refugee camp. Her work documented the compelling stories of Bosnians who escaped the former Yugoslavia, and were seeking safe homes in Germany. Her trip to Germany was part of a weeklong journey with the Tennessee Air National Guard, to deliver relief missions into Sarajevo.

Her six month commitment to the “Decline Of The American Black Farmer”, earned the second Emmy nomination. For six months, Hobbs researched the decline of black farmers in America. Her research documented decades of discrimination toward black farmers, some of which pointed blame at the Federal Government.

Cathy was also WSMV’s only reporter sent to Missouri to cover the devastating floods, during the summer of 1993.

In 1996, while a reporter at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Cathy won her first Emmy award. For one year she and a photographer profiled four teenagers who had been friends since childhood, and as freshman in high school two were stricken with cancer. Her touching story chronicled numerous operations, struggles, and the ultimate death of one of the teenagers.

While also at WRC-TV, Cathy was honored by The National Association of Black Journalists, for a six month long investigation looking into potential housing discrimination in the Washington, D.C. area.

Cathy is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the International Interior Design Association, as well as an accredited home staging professional. Cathy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, cum laude, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The Marshall School of Business at The University of Southern California. Cathy is also a member of the premier entertainment organization, The Friars Club.


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