Cheryl wills
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Cheryl Wills is an African American local television news anchor.
In 1984, she graduated from Uniondale High School, Long Island New York with honors.
{Education} Wills graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. While at S.U., Wills majored in broadcast journalism, served as a student ambassador and wrote for a number of student run publications and broadcasts.
{Career} In 1989, Wills worked as a production assistant at WNYW Fox Channel 5.
In 1992, Wills became part of television news history in New York City by landing a job at New York 1 News - the number one market's first 24 hour cable news network. Wills is the station's long running weekend anchor and host of specials. Wills covered the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks and was among the first to report the death of former President Ronald Reagan.
{Awards} In 2007, she received honors from the New York Association of Black Journalists for a special she hosted on the legacy of Jazz in New York City. In 2006 she received the YMCA National Black Achievers in Industry Award, a New York Press Club Award. The Public Health Association of New York City also honored her with their Journalism Award.
In May 2005, in recognition of Wills' career, she received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from New York College of Health Sciences. She is also the recipient of a CUNY Medical School Achievement Award in honor of her years spent as health reporter at NY1 from 1996-2000.
Wills has also received awards from her alma mater, Uniondale High School. {Cameo Appearances}
Wills has played herself as a news anchor in a number of major motion pictures
- "Freedomland" with Samuel Jackson
- "The Brave One" with Jodie Foster and Terence Howard.
She also appeared in "The Day The Ponies Come Back". Wills was the focus of 30 second and 60 second Panasonic DVC-PRO commercial which was broadcast around the world. Cheryl's work is also credited in the Emmy Award Winning HBO Documentary "In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01"
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