Rosanna Scotto

Rosanna Scotto has been a member of WNYW-FOX 5 News since 1986.  The Emmy Award winning journalist is currently the co-host of “Good Day New York.”  Scotto began her career at WTBS-TV in Atlanta where she was a reporter for two local programs and an associate producer of the station's evening newscast.  She returned to her native New York in the early 1980s as a reporter for WABC's "Good Morning New York," which eventually became "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."  A year later, Scotto joined WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News" as a reporter, where she remained until she joined FOX 5.

Scotto has covered the tri-state area, and her assignments have taken her to Israel, Rome, across the United States.  As a reporter, she won an endless string of coveted assignments including the first exclusive interview with Diana Bianchi, the other woman in the Christie Brinkley divorce case, the Woody Allen/Mia Farrow child custody battle, the notorious "Preppie Murder Trial," and the trials of Joel Steinberg and the "Swiss Nanny." Scotto also led FOX 5 News to the forefront in getting Marty Tankleff a new trial and was granted an exclusive interview with him in jail.

Scotto has won six Emmys for anchoring FOX 5 News at 10 and Good Day New York.  She won the 1995 New York State Associated Press First Place Award for her report "New York Survival Guide." She is also the winner of three other Associated Press First Place Awards, including two special Associated Press Award nominations. 

Scotto has received a host of honors and awards for her community service work.  She is a graduate of Catholic University and received honorary doctorates from Mount St. Mary College and St. John's University.  Born and raised in Brooklyn, Scotto lives in the New York area with her husband and their two children.