Investigative reporter Cheryl Fiandaca has left Boston's WHDH 7, New England One has confirmed.
Investigative reporter Cheryl Fiandaca has left Boston's WHDH 7, New England One has confirmed.
Cheryl has been with WHDH, which recently lost its NBC affiliation, since January 2014. She is the latest on-air talent to leave WHDH, which has lost ten others over the last 18 months.
An award-winning broadcast journalist, Cheryl was most recently the Bureau Chief for the Boston Police Department’s Bureau of Public Information. As the BPD spokesperson she was responsible for media relations and internal communication. She managed the flow of information during the Boston Marathon crisis using social media to communicate directly with the community and news organizations. During her tenure there, she won several social media awards and accolades for her use of social media.
Cheryl began her television career reporting in New York City at WABC-TV 7 and later moved to WCBS-TV 2. In 2009 she moved to Boston to join WCVB ABC 5.
An attorney licensed in Massachusetts, New York and the District of Columbia, Cheryl is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. She was also adjunct professor at Emerson College in Boston.
A native of East Boston, Cheryl earned a Bachelor's degree from Suffolk University and a Juris Doctor degree from New England School of Law.
Cheryl grew up in a big Italian family with six brothers and sisters. She is the recipient of the 2001 Italian Charities of America’s "Newscaster of the Year" award. In February 2011, the Pirandello Lyceum Society selected Fiandaca for the prestigious I Migliori Award, given for outstanding achievement to Americans of Italian descent.
In June 2012, Suffolk University honored her with its Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.
She had been married to former NYPD commissioner William Bratton from 1988 to 1998.
Cheryl has appeared on numerous panels in the U.S. and Europe, speaking on the use of social media and her role during the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt.
Cheryl's last day at WHDH was on January 13.
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