Morry Alter
{{Short description|American television journalist}}
Morry Alter is a freelance video reporter, having left WCBS New York City in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbtxxN9MwxE|title=Morry Alter Final on Air WCBS no, 1 2006|last=|first=|date=2005-08-24|website=You Tube|publisher=|access-date=2008-06-16}}
Starting his career at WCBS in September 1983, he was a feature reporter who won more than 20 Emmy awards and the Quill Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercy.edu/newsroom/wcbs-tv-reporter-receive-quill-award|title=WCBS-TV Reporter to receive Quil Award 27 April 2006|last=|first=|date=|website=Mercy College|publisher=|access-date=1 September 2016}} for professional achievement in the field of journalism. In 2005 Alter moved to a part-time reporting schedule{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbtxxN9MwxE|title=Morry to Alter his work week .... 21 October 2005|last=|first=|date=6 June 2008|website=Daily News|publisher=|access-date=1 September 2016}} and in October 2006, aged 63, he retired from WCBS.
History
Alter is a two-time graduate of the University of Iowa, with a B.A. in political science and an M.A. in journalism. His broadcast career has included stops in Davenport, Chicago, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and Miami.
Post WCBS
In March 2010, he joined Susan Cheng (environmental educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension) to host a PBS TV special, GoGreener, which looked at practical, low cost ways to aid the environment.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/03/cooperative-extension-program-airs-nationwide-pbs|title='GoGreener' TV show offers simple conservation tips 5 March 2010|last=|first=|date=|website=Cornell Chronicle |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=1 September 2016}}
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