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Rick Leventhal is a Senior Correspondent with the Fox News Channel. He has nearly 22 years of experience reporting.

For the past 12 years, Leventhal has covered breaking news for Fox. He describes reporting as the best job ever; he gets to see history being made.Leventhal has covered stories such as the miracle in the Hudson, the crash of Flight 3407 in Buffalo, 911, and the Iraq War, where he was an embedded journalist.

Tom Fontana is a Buffalo native. He went to Canisius High School and Buffalo State College, where he majored in speech and theater.

From a young age, Tom Fontana knew he wanted to be a playwright. He has had much success writing and producing shows such as “Homicide, Life on the Street,” “OZ,” and “St. Elsewhere.”

You may have seen Chaplin on "The People’s Court" television show interviewing litigants after a case. He also serves as the show’s announcer.

Experience? He has plenty of it. For the past 30 years Chaplin has covered everything from spot news to sports in New York City, his hometown. And it is experience, he argues, that  key to broadcasting.

Curt Chaplin -
The People's Court
 

A graduate of SUNY Buffalo, John Schiumo started at NY1’s overnight assignment desk. From there, Schiumo worked his way up through the ranks. He spent six years reporting and four years anchoring. Now, Schiumo is currently the host of NY1’s “The Call,” the industry’s first interactive newscast.

Marissa Bailey is a reporter for Channel 2. She completed her undergraduate at Niagara University and her masters at Syracuse. It was while she was at Niagara that she knew she wanted to go into television reporting.

Bailey says that she is the luckiest person to have a job like she does. She gets to meet and talk to many different people and "learns something new everyday."

J.P. is a disc jockey for WGRF, 97 Rock. He has over 30 years experience in radio broadcasting. Currently, J.P. can be heard on the air every Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.He also serves as the public address announcer for the Buffalo Bills, which he describes as a "dream job."