first spotted by industry newsletter FTVLive.<\/a><\/p>\nGlassberg last week exited the Disney-owned station after more than a quarter century.<\/p>\n
Lauren Glassberg (right) has departed WABC-TV after a 26-year stint at the Disney-owned channel. WABC<\/p>\n
While Glassberg has yet to publicly address her departure, an outpouring of tributes from current and former colleagues offered a glimpse of the esteem in which she was held inside the newsroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cLauren Glassberg has been such a vital member of the core @abc7ny family, it makes me incredibly sad to say goodbye,\u201d veteran WABC reporter Stacey Sager wrote on Facebook. \u201cBut more importantly, she has been an incredibly supportive friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sager said the newsroom had gathered to celebrate Glassberg before she embarks on \u201ca new and exciting chapter in her life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing Lauren, will be a slam dunk!\u201d Sager added. \u201cWe have marked so many milestones together\u2026 But definitely a bittersweet night. We love you Lauren Glassberg.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eyewitness News anchor Ryan Field also marked the occasion, writing: \u201cAfter 26 amazing years at Eyewitness News, we said farewell to our friend Lauren Glassberg.\u201d<\/p>\n
WABC-TV colleagues had a warm send-off for Glassberg last week. Stacey Sager \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
Glassberg is best known for WABC\u2019s \u201cNeighborhood Eats\u201d on \u201cEyewitness News.\u201d Stacey Sager \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
\u201cForever the consummate professional, Lauren covered anything and everything with a wit and personal touch that made her one of the best reporters in town,\u201d Field wrote. \u201cWishing you all the best in your next adventure!\u201d<\/p>\n
WABC executive producer Bob Monek praised Glassberg\u2019s range as a journalist, saying she \u201ccan do it all, from fascinating feature to breaking news to hosting parades and anchoring the news.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLauren will be sorely missed at Eyewitness News not just for her storytelling but, as was evident last night, the lives she touched,\u201d Monek wrote.<\/p>\n
Ryan Field, a WABC-TV colleague, paid tribute to Glassberg on social media. Ryan Field\ufeff \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
Glassberg joined WABC in 2000 after stops at television stations in Akron, Ohio; Little Rock, Ark.; and Minneapolis. <\/p>\n
A graduate of Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism, Glassberg became one of the station\u2019s signature reporters, covering everything from breaking news to human-interest stories while frequently filling in at the anchor desk.<\/p>\n
She became especially well known for \u201cNeighborhood Eats,\u201d the weekly restaurant feature that showcased hidden culinary gems across New York City and the surrounding suburbs and became one of WABC\u2019s most recognizable franchises.<\/p>\n
Glassberg built a reputation as one of WABC\u2019s most versatile reporters, covering breaking news, features and lifestyle stories. Bob Monek \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
Over more than two decades at Channel 7, Glassberg covered many of the city\u2019s defining stories, including reporting from St. Vincent\u2019s Hospital during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. <\/p>\n
She later chronicled the hardships facing neighborhood restaurants and small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while continuing to report on the five boroughs and the wider metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
Neither Glassberg nor WABC has announced her next move, leaving viewers to wonder where one of New York television\u2019s most familiar storytellers will appear next.<\/p>\n
The Post has sought comment from Glassberg and WABC-TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A longtime fixture of New York City television news has quietly signed off. Lauren Glassberg, the Emmy Award-winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1855,9257,28,114952,10815,74,86921],"class_list":["post-774065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-abc","tag-abc-news","tag-business","tag-eyewitness-news","tag-media","tag-technology","tag-wabc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}