HTSF Gala Honors Fox News Channel’s Mike Emanuel on May 12

Constantine S. Sirigos

NEW YORK – When even the players in places like Congress are puzzled and anxious, citizens rely on seasoned reporters like Mike Emanuel to tell them the score. Emanuel, who broke into broadcasting as a sportscaster at Rutgers University, is a MVP himself, and on May 12 at the Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund (HTSF) Gala at the Marriot Marquis hotel in Manhattan he will receive the Humanitarian Media Achievement award. In between rushing for work and rushing to New York for HTSF, Emanuel spoke with TNH about the path from his home into the homes of millions of viewers, though he admitted, “it’s a little weird to be in the other side and have somebody ask me the questions.” He had just attended the annual Washington Correspondents’ Dinner, which he called “an interesting criss-crossing of the political elite and the media.” Hollywood also comes to town for it, so there was a lot of buzz and glitz in DC. He is fascinated at whom the event throws together at random “an athlete standing next to an actor, standing next to a politician.”

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May 10, 2012