My Scripted and Unscripted Life: A Memoir of a TV Newsman - Hardcover

Pagnotti, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1627203419 ISBN 13: 9781627203418

Publisher: Loyola College/Apprentice House, 2021

Synopsis

What started out ten years ago as a required thesis for a Master's Degree in Communication has evolved into an intimate memoir of the author's professional and personal experiences during a forty-year, well-traveled career. Now retired, Pagnotti takes a look back at the ups and downs, of both climbing and descending the ladder of local television stations. He takes us on his colorful journey, with stops ranging from the hills of North Carolina., to 30 Rock in NYC. Along the way, Tony reveals how media notables such as Bill O'Reilly, Howard Stern, and Al Roker have had roles in shaping his own destiny.

He shares with the reader a side of the TV celebrity that viewers don't see. Divorces, firings, and confrontations with contemptuous bosses and co-workers are just some of the challenges the peripatetic journalist faces once the red light goes off. 

STAND BY...

CUE TONY!

About this title

About the Author

A native of Scranton, PA., Tony Pagnotti majored in Broadcast Journalism at Boston University. At the age of 22, he began his TV career in Asheville, N.C. In the following years, Pagnotti worked as a reporter, anchor, and weathercaster at stations in Ohio, Connecticut, and New York. In 1985, he was hired at WMAR-TV Baltimore, where for many years he was a well-known personality in the community. Pagnotti co-anchored the weekend Morning News on Fox 45 along with teaching communications at the University of Maryland. Pagnotti now resides in Columbia, Maryland, and is the proud grandfather of Luke and Hazel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Loyola College/Apprentice House
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627203419
• ISBN 13: 9781627203418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220