Carolyn is currently working as an on-air reporter at WCBS-TV  in New York City covering the Long Island beat.  She came to CBS2 in 2012 after three years at  Fox5 WNYW where she  often covered  the lead story of the day on Good Day New York. Prior to that, she was with WNBC  for 15 years.  In addition to her reporting role as Long Island Bureau Chief, she co-anchored the station’s top-rated Saturday and Sunday morning program “Weekend Today in New York” for five years. Carolyn  has covered some of the most high profile news stories in New York City and is best known as a trusted, consistent and caring voice of Long Island's concerns.

 

Her reporting over the  last two decades includes some of the biggest stories of our time: the terror attacks of 9-11, the NYC transit strike, the NYC blackout and the massacre on the Long Island Railroad.  More recently, she has reported tirelessly on the devastation wrecked by Hurricane Sandy, the tragic July 4th Oyster Bay boat capsizing, the "Occupy Wall Street" protests, the Long Island drug store massacre, the "Ground Zero" Mosque and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn criminal case. She was one of  the first reporters on the scene at  three commercial jetliner crashes  including TWA Flight 800 and American Airlines Flight 587. During the Blizzard of '96, Gusoff reported for 36 hours straight on the historic storm's toll and has been in the thick of nearly every major weather event  to strike the New York area since, including the 2013 Blizzard which buried Suffolk County in more than two feet of snow.   

Gusoff moved to NBC  from News 12 Long Island where she was credited for in-depth  coverage of  such national stories as the kidnapping of Katie Beers, the Tankleff murders and the Amy Fisher/Joey Buttafuoco scandal. She also covered the police/crime beat, courts, the United Nations  during the Persian Gulf conflict, and national political conventions. Gusoff also worked as primary fill-in anchor for the nation’s first 24-hour regional news network. Her broadcasting career also includes positions as anchor and reporter for the ABC affiliate,  WEVU-TV,  in Fort Myers, Florida. She has written for the New York Times, Newsday, and is a frequent  opinion page contributor and Internet blogger. She has survived cancer and working motherhood (so far) and speaks publicly with passion and humor about both challenges.

Her collaboration with Katie Beers on Buried Memories has earned her the distinction as a New York Times best-selling author. The book has also been #1 in Amazon e-book sales for True Crime and Motivational Memoir. 

 

Her many honors include two New York  Emmy Awards and nine New York Emmy nominations. In  2004, she was awarded a New York Emmy Award for On-Camera Performance/General Assignment Reporting for the Mepham Hazing Scandal.  Most recently, Gusoff received five 2013 FOLIO awards for her continuing coverage of Superstorm Sandy and in the categories of  "Tax Accountability News," "Energy News," "Affordable Housing News," and "Health Reporting."  She has  garnered  dozens of Long Island Fair Media Council FOLIO awards in categories ranging from "Best Feature" to  "Best Blog," “Enterprise Reporting” and “Investigative Journalism,”  and seven first-place Society of Professional Journalists/Press Club of Long Island awards. Carolyn has also been recognized by The American Women in Radio and Television, The Associated Press/New York Spot News Award  and  United Press International/New York Broadcast Award.

 

Gusoff holds a Master of Science  Degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and English from Cornell University, where she was Editor-in Chief of the Cornellian and a U.S.Congressional intern for then Senator Joe Biden and U.S Senator Alfonse D'Amato. She is currently a Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador and devotes much of her time in leadership roles to charitable causes and local community organizations. She has emcee'ed  events for  The American Heart Association, The American Red Cross, The American Cancer Society , The Princess Grace Foundation, Northshore University Hospital, and The Association of Fundraising Professionals, to name just a few.

Gusoff was born in New York City and lives in Nassau County with her husband and their two children.

 

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