Budd Mishkin
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Budd Mishkin is a television host and correspondent
for New York's
24-hour news network, NY1
.
He hosts the weekly series "One on 1 with Budd Mishkin," in which he interviews and profiles prominent New Yorkers with significant connections to the city. Mishkin began his work at the station as a sports correspondent and still hosts "Sports on 1: The Last Word" every Thursday. He also contributes feature stories to the network.
and Joan Didion
; musicians Judy Collins
, Ruben Blades
and Wynton Marsalis
; journalists Mike Wallace
and Frank Rich
; Gloria Steinem
; actors Alan Alda
and John Turturro
; talent agent extraordinaire and dancer Jadin Wong
, filmmakers Spike Lee
and Milos Forman
; former New York Mayor
Ed Koch
; and former Governor of New York
Mario Cuomo
.
. He began his career in the news shortly after graduating the University of Pennsylvania
in 1981 with a degree in International Relations. One of his first jobs was as a radio ski reporter, where he broadcast his reports on the phone from his bathroom so as not to wake his roommates in their tiny Manhattan apartment.
Mishkin was one of the first people hired at NY1 when it went on the air in 1992. Before that, he wrote, reported, and produced for WWOR-TV
, reported for WNBC Radio, wrote for CNN New York
, reported for WRGB
in Albany
, and reported for “Sportsdesk” on the MSG Network
.
His work for a half-hour special on the death of Joe DiMaggio
was cited in an Emmy awarded to NY1 in 1999.
Mishkin regularly hosts and moderates interviews at the 92nd Street Y
. Among the people he has interviewed in that venue are Tim Gunn
, Bob Costas
, and Liz Smith
.
He has played a TV reporter in the movies It Could Happen to You
and Noel
.
Mishkin, who is of Russian-Jewish descent, also performs folk songs by the late Soviet singer-songwriter
Bulat Okudzhava
. He has played Okudzhava's music at the Cornelia St. Café and Makor in New York City, as well as performing for a number of Russian cultural groups. He starts every show with the signature line, “I know what you’re thinking: just another TV sports guy who sings Russian folk songs.” Mishkin studied in the former Soviet Union in high school and college in the 1970s and has since traveled to Russia twice in the 1990s.
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
for New York's
New York City
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24-hour news network, NY1
NY1
NY1, New York One, is a 24-hour cable-news television channel focusing on the five boroughs of New York City. In addition to news and weather forecasts, the channel also features human-interest segments such as the "New Yorker of the Week" and the "Scholar Athlete of the Week", and specialty...
.
He hosts the weekly series "One on 1 with Budd Mishkin," in which he interviews and profiles prominent New Yorkers with significant connections to the city. Mishkin began his work at the station as a sports correspondent and still hosts "Sports on 1: The Last Word" every Thursday. He also contributes feature stories to the network.
"One on 1 with Budd Mishkin"
Since the inception of "One on 1 with Budd Mishkin" in 2003, the series has profiled more than 200 New Yorkers from across a wide range of fields, including writers Gay TaleseGay Talese
Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism...
and Joan Didion
Joan Didion
Joan Didion is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation...
; musicians Judy Collins
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
, Ruben Blades
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is a Panamanian salsa singer, songwriter, lawyer, actor, Latin jazz musician, and politician, performing musically most often in the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres...
and Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...
; journalists Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace (journalist)
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace is an American journalist, former game show host, actor and media personality. During his 60+ year career, he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers....
and Frank Rich
Frank Rich
Frank Rich is an American essayist and op-ed columnist who wrote for The New York Times from 1980, when he was appointed its chief theatre critic, until 2011...
; Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s...
; actors Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo , better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H...
and John Turturro
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro is an American actor, writer and director known for his roles in the films Do the Right Thing , Miller's Crossing , Barton Fink , Quiz Show , The Big Lebowski , O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the Transformers film series...
; talent agent extraordinaire and dancer Jadin Wong
Jadin Wong
Jadin Wong was a Chinese-American singer, dancer, comedienne, and theatrical agent and manager.- Early life :...
, filmmakers Spike Lee
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983....
and Milos Forman
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for...
; former New York Mayor
Mayor of New York City
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Ed Koch
Ed Koch
Edward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...
; and former Governor of New York
Governor of New York
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Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo
Mario Matthew Cuomo served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 to 1994, and is the father of Andrew Cuomo, the current governor of New York.-Early life:...
.
Life and career
Mishkin grew up in Monroe, New YorkMonroe (town), New York
Monroe is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 31,407 at the 2000 census. The town is named after President James Monroe....
. He began his career in the news shortly after graduating the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in 1981 with a degree in International Relations. One of his first jobs was as a radio ski reporter, where he broadcast his reports on the phone from his bathroom so as not to wake his roommates in their tiny Manhattan apartment.
Mishkin was one of the first people hired at NY1 when it went on the air in 1992. Before that, he wrote, reported, and produced for WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV, virtual channel 9 , is the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service, licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey and serving the Tri-State metropolitan area. WWOR is owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, and is a sister station to Fox network flagship...
, reported for WNBC Radio, wrote for CNN New York
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, reported for WRGB
WRGB
WRGB, channel 6, is a television station located in Schenectady, New York, USA. WRGB is owned by Freedom Communications, and is the CBS affiliate for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy television market...
in Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
, and reported for “Sportsdesk” on the MSG Network
MSG Network
The MSG Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is focused on New York City sports teams...
.
His work for a half-hour special on the death of Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
was cited in an Emmy awarded to NY1 in 1999.
Mishkin regularly hosts and moderates interviews at the 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y is a multifaceted cultural institution and community center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, at the corner of E. 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Its full name is 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association...
. Among the people he has interviewed in that venue are Tim Gunn
Tim Gunn
Timothy M. "Tim" Gunn is an American fashion consultant and television personality. He was on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative...
, Bob Costas
Bob Costas
Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s.-Early life:...
, and Liz Smith
Liz Smith (journalist)
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith is an American gossip columnist. She is known as The Grand Dame of Dish.- Early life and career :...
.
He has played a TV reporter in the movies It Could Happen to You
It Could Happen to You (film)
It Could Happen to You is a 1994 romantic comedy-drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. It is the story of New York City police officer who wins the lottery and splits his winnings with a waitress . The movie bears a striking resemblance to an actual event as documented by Snopes...
and Noel
Noel (film)
Noel is a 2004 Christmas-themed drama film written by David Hubbard and directed by Chazz Palminteri. It stars Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Daniel Sunjata and an uncredited Robin Williams.-Plot summary:...
.
Mishkin, who is of Russian-Jewish descent, also performs folk songs by the late Soviet singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Bulat Okudzhava
Bulat Okudzhava
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter. He was one of the founders of the Russian genre called "author song"...
. He has played Okudzhava's music at the Cornelia St. Café and Makor in New York City, as well as performing for a number of Russian cultural groups. He starts every show with the signature line, “I know what you’re thinking: just another TV sports guy who sings Russian folk songs.” Mishkin studied in the former Soviet Union in high school and college in the 1970s and has since traveled to Russia twice in the 1990s.