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Longtime CBS New York news anchor Dana Tyler has appeared on her final broadcast as an anchor after 34 years on the air.
“I’ve always felt privileged for these 34 years you’ve invited me, us, into your homes, your firehouses, your bodegas, so many places,” Tyler said as she sat alongside co-anchor Dick Brennan shortly before the end of the program.
“Dana: Your voice, your intellect, your thoughtfulness in everything that you do makes us love you all the more,” the station added.
“There was nothing like it then, and we were very proud of that,” Tyler said on Wednesday’s broadcast.
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Tyler is also “deeply proud” of the commitment to journalism she has shared with her co-workers over the years, whom she thanked for their support.
“[I’m] so deeply proud of our shared commitment to journalism, to the truth and to questioning what’s wrong, and enacting change for the people whom we work for in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut,” she said Wednesday.
Tyler helped cover some of New York’s biggest stories, including theattacks on September 11, 2001, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the2009 Hudson plane crashand more.
Even amid bad news, Tyler said she always did her best “to be respectful and compassionate” while covering each and every story. “Because I know behind every story is an individual, a family, a community,” she added.
Tyler has won six Emmys during her time with local affiliate, according toThe New York Post. She also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists in 2014, per the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
“Thank you Channel 2 viewers,” Tyler said during her sign-off on Wednesday.
source: people.com
