Amy Atkins

Amy Atkins Sawyer is an American journalist. She was a long-time, on air correspondent for WNYW, Fox channel 5 in New York, Good Morning America, The Daily Show, Miami's WAMI-TV, and Court TV. She has written for numerous outlets and worked as adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.

Career

For five years, Atkins was a weekend anchor and reporter at WNYW, Fox channel 5 in New York, where she hosted “Fox Style News,” a syndicated feature that focused on fashion, trends and ideas. In 1991, she wrote the documentary Mall Life on the burgeoning shopping mall in American life. Atkins was also a producer at the station. Atkins received two New York Emmy awards while at Channel 5, for feature reporting and Outstanding On-camera Achievement.

Atkins was a correspondent on ABC's Good Morning America. From 1998 to 1999, she appeared on The Daily Show, before leaving to join Miami's WAMI-TV.

Atkins was also the host of Barry Diller’s USA Broadcasting's “The Times,” an experimental local news project on WAMI-TV. The Washington Post described the show as “an eclectic mix of serious and lighthearted content…a loose and breezy tone.” New York Emmy Award for On Camera Achievement. 1993.

Nominations New York Emmy Nomination for On Camera Achievement. 1996. New York Emmy Nomination for On Camera Achievement. Ten O'Clock News. 1992.