Amy Atkins
Amy Atkins is an American journalist and university professor.
Career
[edit]Amy Atkins is a journalist, strategic media advisor/content producer, and a former television anchor, reporter and producer. A former on-camera correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America, Atkins has anchored newscasts and programs on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Court TV, and the Oxygen Network and she has reported for Oprah and The Daily Show as well as produced documentaries. For five years, Ms. Atkins was a weekend anchor and reporter at WNYW, Fox channel 5 in New York, where she hosted “Fox Style News,” a syndicated feature that focused on fashion, trends and ideas. Amy Atkins received two New York Emmy awards while at Channel 5, for feature reporting and Outstanding On-camera Achievement. Ms. Atkins was the host of Barry Diller’s USA Broadcasting's “The Times,” an experimental local news project on WAMI-TV. The Washington Post described the show as “an eclectic mix of serious and lighthearted content…a loose and breezy tone.” As a print journalist, Amy Atkins has contributed to Marie Claire, Paper Magazine, and City Magazine. Ms. Atkins joined New York University as an adjunct professor of journalism in 1995.
Amy Atkins has appeared in several films, portraying reporters, including “It Could Happen to You”, “The Opposite of Sex”, and “City Hall.”