N. J. Burkett

N. J. Burkett
N. J. Burkett
Born Newton Jones Burkett, III
May 6, 1962 (1962-05-06) (age 49)
Orange, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Journalist
Notable credit(s) Senior Reporter for WABC-TV (1989-present)

Newton Jones Burkett (b.1962) is an award-winning correspondent for WABC-TV, the largest ABC television station in the United States. Burkett joined the Eyewitness News team in July of 1989 from WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut where he had been a correspondent since 1986.

Burkett is best known for his coverage of the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, for which he shared or was awarded-outright many of the most prestigious honors in American television news, including the coveted George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Emmy Award for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement from the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

He holds a BA in Political Science and a Master's in International Affairs, both from Columbia University.

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