Roz Abrams

Roz Abrams
Born	September 7, 1949 Lansing, Michigan
Occupation	News journalist
Spouse(s)	Kenneth Showers
Children	2 daughters
Ethnicity	African-American
Notable credit(s)	anchor, WCBS/Chanel 2 (2004-06) anchor, WABC/Chanel 7 (1986-2003) anchor, CNN (1982-1983)

Roz Abrams (born September 7, 1949, Lansing, Michigan) is an American television journalist. She had a long career as an anchor on Eyewitness News, which was broadcast by WABC-TV, working in Manhattan. More recently she worked for WCBS-TV, also in Manhattan, from 2004-06.

Career overview

Abrams received a New York Association of Black Journalists Award for the special "The Sounds of Harlem." She has been part of award-winning coverage for some of the biggest stories of our time, including 9/11, the Blackout of 2003, the end of apartheid in South Africa, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and AIDS. She worked at WSB-AM radio from 1975-78. She worked on television at WXIA-TV from 1978-82, at CNN from 1982 to 1983, and at KRON-TV from 1983-86.

In December 2003, Abrams was named to the Editorial Advisory Board of “Making Waves,” the new quarterly publication of American women in radio and television. She is the current co-chair of NY READS TOGETHER a program sponsored by the New York Women's Agenda.

In 2005, Abrams appeared as herself during a brief news segment in the feature film War of the Worlds, an adaptation of H. G. Wells novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.

Education

Abrams holds a bachelor of science degree from Western Michigan University, a masters degree from the University of Michigan and an honorary doctorate of human letters from New York Institute of Technology.^{[citation needed]}

Career in the New York market

From WABC-TV to WCBS-TV

Before joining WCBS-TV in 2004, Abrams had spent eighteen years at WABC-TV, beginning in February 1986, first as a general reporter and later as 5 p.m. co-anchor. The quick move began Abrams's long association with the station. Her last partner at WABC-TV was Diana Williams, beginning in 2003. In 2003, she was offered a contract by WCBS-TV to anchor CBS 2 News at 5 and 11. It is rumored that Abrams wanted to anchor the 11 p.m. news after Williams had asked for a lighter workload, however, and that the station selected Liz Cho (former ABC World News Now anchor) instead, and that as a result, Abrams accepted the WCBS contract. The move from WABC ended Abrams's eighteen-year history with the station.^{[citation needed]}

Abrams then joined WCBS-TV as the co-anchor of "CBS2 News" at 5 and 11 p.m. on April 19, 2004. First she was paired with veteran New York news anchor Ernie Anastos, who had co-anchored WABC Eyewitness News with her in the 1980s, and then with Jim Rosenfield. In April 2006, she was moved from 11 p.m. to noon, co-anchoring with Mary Calvi. Abrams was replaced at 11 p.m. with veteran Dana Tyler. In November 2006, however, Abrams left the air after WCBS-TV sports anchor Chris Wragge and newly-hired Kristine Johnson (formerly of NBC News and MSNBC) became the anchors at 5 and 11 p.m. According to the New York Post, Ms. Abrams was last reported as "currently sitting out her contract - and collecting what's believed to be roughly $6 million that's due to her."^[1][2]

Abrams appeared in the 2008 film Pride and Glory, starring Ed Norton and Colin Farrell.

References

1. ^ Slow-Motion Massacre
2. ^ New York Daily News report on Abrams departure

External links

• Announcement of Abrams' New Assignment
• Private moments: Roz Abrams, anchorwoman on ABC's 'Eyewitness News
• Women Shaping the World: Roz Abrams

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Name	Abrams, Roz
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Short description	Television news journalist, reporter and anchor
Date of birth	September 7, 1949
Place of birth	Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
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