Emmy-winning TV journalist Gabe Pressman dies at 93
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Emmy-winning TV journalist Gabe Pressman has died at the age of 93.
Pressman's longtime employer, NBC New York , announced his death Friday on Twitter.
Pressman launched his six-decade broadcast career after stints at New Jersey's Newark Evening News and the New York World Telegram and Sun.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He covered the 1956 sinking of the Italian oceanliner Andrea Doria, reports from Israel, riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and countless politicians.
He starred for years at Inner Circle, a charity show that pokes fun at politics.
Pressman graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The New York State Broadcasters Association inductee started working at WRCA radio in 1954. He went to WRCA's television side, now WNBC, in 1956.
In 1972, Pressman moved to WNEW-TV. He rejoined WNBC in 1980.