MLK Day events across area honor legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
During her decades-long career, Jennifer McLogan has been recognized for her coverage of breaking news and live reporting on major stories that include the September 11 attacks, Superstorm Sandy, the Gilgo Beach Murders, the Long Island Rail Road massacre, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the Philadelphia Police firebombing of the radical group Move, the Hamptons' Pine Barrens fires, and major snowstorms crippling the Northeast. In sports, she covered Super Bowl XLVI, World Series with both the Yankees and the Mets, NBA finals with Michael Jordan, and the death of Arthur Ashe.
For her reporting, Jennifer has earned multiple Emmys (national and local) while based in New York, Boston, and Chicago as well as awards from American Women in Radio and Television, the Associated Press, the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, and the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.
Jennifer began her career reporting in Boston first in radio for WEEI-AM (news and substitute helicopter traffic reporter) and WHDH-AM before joining WBZ-TV. She was subsequently a Northeast correspondent for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and NBC Sportsworld. For CBS, in addition to CBS New York, she reported for WBBM-TV in Chicago.
Jennifer ran the Boston Marathon... while reporting on it. She is a rabid University of Michigan Wolverine. Not only did she attend the Honors College, but her parents met there, and her grandfather was on the faculty. While at Michigan, Jennifer was an NCAA athlete, earning a letter as a member of the first women's varsity basketball team in university history.
As a theatre major, she appeared in numerous plays and musicals, among the most memorable playing opposite noted Shakespearean actor Nichols Pennell in Pericles, Emily in Our Town and Bessie Burgess in The Plough and the Stars.
Also, while a student at Michigan, she was was elected the retro "greaser" Homecoming Queen, winning a 1948 Cadillac in mostly working order.
Jennifer earned an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.
She is a member of Inner Circle, the New York news reporters' parody group, and she is active in outreach for several volunteer groups.
She and her husband - a university dean - are the parents of three children: Their eldest is an attorney in Washington D.C., their middle child works in the restaurant industry in Charleston, South Carolina, and their youngest created "The Dig" for CBS News New York.
Jennifer and her six siblings are proud natives of Flint, Michigan.
Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
MS-13 gang member Jairo Saenz pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing seven people in separate attacks on Long Island.
Congestion pricing is causing parking problems at Long Island Rail Road stations as commuters ditch driving into Manhattan.
Disgraced former Rep. George Santos had his February sentencing delayed until April so he can keep making new episodes of his podcast.
Ray Tierney, the district attorney credited for the arrest of Rex Heuermann in the Gilgo Beach serial killer case, will be running for re-election next year.
A verbal battle has broken out in Nassau County over Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman's apparent ignoring of a nationwide request to honor former President Jimmy Carter.
Workers at the Kessler Thermometer Corporation on Long Island who suffered mercury poisoning blame their employer for "prioritizing profits over people."
Vindication has finally come for a Long Island retiree who was receiving thousands of dollars in tickets due to once having Star Trek novelty license plates.
A storm bringing heavy rain and strong winds could lead to flooding and power outages, especially on Long Island.
New York officials are voicing concerns about the rise in ghost gun seizures after an arrest on Long Island.
The incident at the game between Patchogue-Medford High School and West Islip High School on Long Island is under investigation.
Hundreds attended a funeral Friday for Connor Kasin, the Long Island teenager who collapsed and died during a charity hockey event last week.
A Long Island retiree says she's getting traffic tickets from all over the country. But the thing is, she stopped driving four years ago.
Matthew Smith walked out of federal court in Central Islip Tuesday on a $10 million bond after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking and interstate prostitution. The bond was cosigned by his partner Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch.
Suffolk County is deactivating its red light cameras, ending a controversial program that ticketed drivers for the last 14 years.