Michael Gargiulo ’77
Co-Anchor, Today in New York On weekday mornings, New Yorkers get their news from a proud Son of Xavier— Emmy-winning broadcast journalist Michael Gargiulo ’77. When the Manhattan native ascended to the Today in New York anchor chair in 2008, it felt fated. He “practically grew
Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement earlier this year with his son by his side. “I thought Rockefeller Center was so cool—16 buildings and an underground concourse!” But it was important for the younger Gargiulo to make his own way. After graduating from New York University, he set off for his first reporting job at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. Twenty-two
“The city has completely changed. It’s great for me to see it come back the way it has.” up” at Rockefeller Center, where he now reports from Studio 3C. “My dad directed and produced game shows here during the ’60s and ’70s,” Mr. Gargiulo said of his father, Mike Gargiulo, who won an
years (and stints in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C.) passed before he returned to New York in 2006. He and his wife, Shannon, now live in Larchmont with their children, Andrew and Olivia.
Throughout his three decades in broadcast news, the NBC New York stalwart has visited 19 countries to cover every imaginable story. He traveled to Iwo Jima for the 50th anniversary of the iconic raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi. He was one of the last reporters embedded with a U.S. military unit in Afghanistan before the end of combat operations there. But his heart remains in Manhattan, a city revitalized since his high school days during the turbulent 1970s. Mr. Gargiulo returns to 16th Street whenever possible, often speaking to students on Career Day. And each time he does, he sees the neighborhood as a symbol of a metropolis renewed. “The city has completely changed,” he said. “It’s great for me to see it come back the way it has.” XAVIER MAGAZINE
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