Rosanna Scotto Bio
Rosanna Scotto is an American news anchor. Currently, she serves as the co-host of Good Day New York, on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City. Formerly she hosted with Greg Kelly. Previously, she anchored the 5 and 10 pm news with Ernie Anastos and the Fox 5 Live 11 am news. She has been the lead female news anchor since 1990.
Rosanna began her career in television at WTBS, Ted Turner’s UHF television station in Atlanta. She served as a reporter for two local programs and an associate producer of the station’s evening newscast. In 1982 she went back to her native New York City as a reporter for WABC-TV’s Good Morning New York, which eventually became Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. After a year with Good Morning New York and The Morning Show, Scotto joined WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News as a reporter, where she remained until she joined Fox’s WNYW.
She joined WNYW-TV in 1986 as a weekend anchor and reporter and later in 1994, she began anchoring the weekday edition of Fox 5 News. Rosanna was a former anchor of the 5 and 10 pm newscasts with Ernie Anastos. In 2008, Rosanna was named and promoted to anchor of Good Day New York and soon moved alongside Greg Kelly.
She acquired some notoriety by suggesting “soy jism” as an alternative name for milk not produced by dairy cattle. Longtime WABC-TV morning anchor Lori Stokes replaced Kelly as Scotto’s co-anchor shortly after Kelly left in September 2017. Rosanna was featured for the first time as a co-host on The Five, substituting for Judge Jeanine on July 28, 2022.
Rosanna Scotto Age
She is 65 years old as of year 2023. Rosanna was born on April 29, 1958, in New York City. She celebrates her birthday on 29 April every year and her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Rosanna Scotto Height
She stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) and has a moderate height.
Rosanna Scotto Family
Scotto was born in New York City. She is the daughter of Anthony Scotto born in 1934 and died in 2021), a mobster, and Marion Anastasio, daughter of Anthony Anastasio, also a mobster. Scotto graduated from Visitation Academy, a Catholic elementary school in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Scotto is a cousin of NY1 news correspondent Michael Scotto.
She graduated from Brooklyn’s Packer Collegiate Institute in 1976. She attended The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1980.
Rosanna Scotto Husband
She is happily married to her lovely husband Louis Ruggiero, a lawyer. The couple tied the knot in 1986 and they have two children, a son, Louis “L.J.” Ruggiero, and a daughter, Jenna Ruggiero. She is part owner of the family’s New York City restaurant, Fresco by Scotto, where she often helps in the kitchen and greets diners. She is Catholic and has enrolled her son and daughter in Catholic schools.
Rosanna Scotto Salary
She earns an annual salary ranging between $75,000 to $100,000 from her career as a co-host of Good Day New York, on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City.
Rosanna Scotto Net worth
She has an estimated net worth of $8 Million as of the year 2023. This includes her assets, money, and income. Rosanna has garnered this huge amount from her successful career as a journalist.