Tim Fleischer Biography
Tim Fleischer is Award-winning Correspondent and News Anchor. He is the definitive street reporter, with more than 25 years experience, covering major news events-both domestic and foreign.
Fleischer joined the Eyewitness News team in 1985 and is the only correspondent to have served as Bureau Chief in both New Jersey and Long Island and now in Westchester County. His insightful reporting and unique ability to capture the interesting elements of a story have made him a valuable member of Eyewitness News.
Following a four-year run as Anchorman of “Eyewitness News This Morning” and a year of anchoring the weekend newscasts, Tim followed his heart back to the streets he loves. Since then, he’s provided some of the best reporting of our area’s biggest stories.
Twice in his distinguished career, he has covered the tragic events of major airline crashes – first the bombing of the Pan Am Flight and then the explosion of TWA Flight 800. Tim provided continuous and thoughtful reports on the recovery and the investigative efforts of those events.
Fleischer has also found himself covering what has become an escalating war of terrorism, one, the tragic story of the Achille Lauro, a cruise ship overtaken by terrorists who murdered a New York man. Tim was the only New York correspondent to cover the story from the Middle East, with firsthand reports of the ever-changing details. Several years later he reported on the bombing of the World Trade Center.
Dispatched to cover another major story; Tim followed the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. He spent more than a week reporting live from the New Hampshire hometown of Christa McAuliff, the teacher and crew member killed in the explosion. His reports captured the tremendous impact this teacher hand on the lives of children and parents.
In 15 years of reporting in New York, he has spent some of that time covering the legal system. Tim reports have focused on everything from numerous murder trials, corruption scandals and the trials of mob figures to various landmark civil rights cases. In 1987, he followed the controversial child custody case of “Baby M” from start to finish, including a series of in-depth reports focusing on the bitter debate over surrogate parenting.
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Award-winning Correspondent and News Anchor Tim Fleischer is the definitive street reporter, with more than 25 years experience, covering major news events-both domestic and foreign. His’s actual age is under review and will be updated soon.
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He graduated from Morehead State University with a BA in Journalism. He has worked in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Louisville, and Cedar Rapids before becoming a valued member of the Eyewitness News team. Together with his wife, Caren, reside in Westchester County with their two dogs, Sally and Hannah. His’s father, mother, brothers and sisters details are under review and will be updated soon.
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Fleischer is the definitive street reporter, with more than 25 years experience, covering major news events-both domestic and foreign. He joined the Eyewitness News team in 1985 and is the only correspondent to have served as Bureau Chief in both New Jersey and Long Island and now in Westchester County. He has an estimated Net Worth of $ 1 million dollars as of 2019.
As a correspondent, one of his’s unique abilities has been to cover all types of stories, business, legal, education and medical and when often called upon to bring his years of experience to the anchor desk of Eyewitness News. While Bureau Chief on Long Island, Tim garnered six Folio Awards for his coverage of the beach waste disaster and a series on the dramatic decline of Long Island’s vital aerospace industry. Folio Awards were presented to Tim for his multi-part series on the effects of federal pollution laws on beleaguered Long Island commuters.
Once again, he was dispatched to Europe in 1996 where he reported live from Rome as preparations were being made for the visit of Pope John Paul II to New York. Tim’s special series of reports centered on the impact of the historic visit on American Catholics.
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WABC reporter Tim Fleischer punched by stranger in New York City
Tim Fleischer, a reporter for WABC’s Eyewitness News, was punched in the face by a stranger while he was conducting in an interview in Queens, New York, on April 10, 2018. According to the New York Daily News, Fleischer was filming a segment in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, when a man ran up to him and socked him in the face around noon.
The man was arrested soon after the attack and charged with assault and harassment. Fleischer was taken to a local hospital received medical treatment for a minor injury. Published on April 27. 2018
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Baby boomers gather in New Rochelle to celebrate 50th anniversary of Woodstock
abc7ny.com — “We all wanted to celebrate this year, and Woodstock deserves a celebration as well,” said Asst. Administrator Judah Laufer. NEW ROCHELLE, New York (WABC) — It was like 1969 all over again – and with guitarist Dave Monte belting out Van Morrison’s ‘Brown Eyed Girl,’ they were back in the groove celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock at the Sutton Park Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in New Rochelle. 4 DAYS AGO Open in Who Shared Wrong byline?
BoA mulls Sanctuary Phase I tonight
saladovillagevoice.com — Salado aldermen will consider at their 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15 meeting the first construction plat from Sanctuary for 190 residential lots on Phase I of the development. Village administrator Don Ferguson reports that he has been able to get two agreements from the developer on Phase I.
The first is to change the intersection of the Phase I to be a three-way stop at the top of Royal Street where the east-bound road takes a 90-degree turn to the north.