Rosanna Scotto Biography
Rosanna Scotto is a skilled American journalist currently working at WNYW FOX 5 as an anchor. She is the co-host of Good Day New York. She joined WNYW-FOX 5 News in 1986.
Rosanna Scotto Age
How old is Scotto? She is 64 years old as of 2024. Scotto was born on 29 April 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 29th April every year.
Rosanna Scotto Education
She attended and graduated from Catholic University and holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Scotto received an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Mary College in 2014. She also received an honorary doctorate from St. John’s University.
Rosanna Scotto Height|Weight
Scotto stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60kgs
Rosanna Scotto Family
She was born in the United States, however, she has not revealed information regarding her family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Rosanna Scotto Husband|Married
Scotto is happily married to Louis Ruggiero, who is a lawyer. Scotto is part-owner of the family’s New York City restaurant, Fresco by Scotto, where she often helps in the kitchen and greets diners. Additionally, she is a cousin of NY1 news correspondent Michael Scotto. Rosanna is Catholic and has enrolled her son and daughter in Catholic schools.
Rosanna Scotto Children|Son|Daughter
Scotto and her husband are blessed with two children, a son, Louis “L.J.” Ruggiero, and a daughter, Jenna Ruggiero, hence she has not disclosed information regarding her children. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Rosanna Scotto Career
Scotto started her broadcasting career at WTBS, Ted Turner’s UHF television station in Atlanta, where she was a reporter for two local programs and an associate producer of the station’s evening newscast. She went back to her original home, 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.” Scotto joined WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News” as a reporter, where she remained until she joined FOX 5, after one year with “Good Morning New York” and “The Morning Show,”
Scotto has covered several major stories in the tri-state area, and her role has also taken her to Israel, Rome, and across the United States. She received 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” as a repoter.
Rosanna Scotto FOX 5
In addition, she 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 been awarded three Emmys for anchoring FOX 5 News at 10 and Good Day New York.
She is the winner of the 1995 New York State Associated Press First Place Award for her report “New York Survival Guide” and 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 attended and graduated from Catholic University and holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Scotto received an honorary doctorate from Mount St. Mary College in 2014. She also received an honorary doctorate from St. John’s University. Scotto was born and raised in Brooklyn, Scotto lives in the New York area with her husband and their two children.
Rosanna Scotto Salary|Net Worth
She has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earned from her broadcasting career.
Rosanna Scotto Social Media Platforms
Scotto is very active on social media platforms and has over 71.8k followers on Twitter, 91.5k followers on Instagram, and over 4k followers on Facebook.