| 词条 | Ralph Penza |
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Ralph Penza (November 22, 1932 – February 16, 2007) was a senior correspondent and substitute anchor for WNBC in New York City. He first joined WNBC in 1980, left the station in 1995 and rejoined it in October 1997. Among his many honors are six Emmy Awards and two New York Press Club Gold Typewriter awards. Prior to joining WNBC, Penza worked as news director at WSAV radio in Savannah, Georgia, anchor and reporter at WDVM in Washington, D.C., an anchor at WCAU in Philadelphia, a producer, reporter and anchor at WCBS, and a producer at WABC.[1] Penza graduated from New York University, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Delta, with a bachelor's degree in radio and television.[1] Previous to that he had graduated from Valley Stream Central High School in Valley Stream, New York. He lived most of his adult life in Malverne, immediately adjacent to his boyhood hometown in Valley Stream.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} In February 1998, while covering Pope John Paul II's trip to Cuba, Penza located Joanne Chesimard, who was convicted of killing New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster 24 years earlier. She was sentenced to life in prison but escaped in 1979 and fled to Cuba for political asylum. She spoke to Penza in an interview where she maintained her innocence and recounted the night of the shooting. Personal life and deathPenza died from an undisclosed sickness at the age of 74 in 2007. Penza's daughter Christina is a reporter at New York station WPIX. References1. ^1 Obituary {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219150235/http://www.wnbc.com/news/11037117/detail.html?dl=mainclick|date=February 19, 2007}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
13 : 1932 births|2007 deaths|American male journalists|People from Malverne, New York|American television journalists|Television anchors from New York City|New York (state) television reporters|New York University alumni|Television anchors from Philadelphia|Television anchors from Washington, D.C.|American people of Italian descent|People from Valley Stream, New York|Valley Stream Central High School alumni |
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