Lissette Nuñez
Lissette Nuñez joined the FOX 5 team in March of 2021.
Nuñez comes to WNYW from Hartford, CT where she worked at WTIC-TV. In Connecticut she reported on the disappearance of New Canaan mother Jennifer Dulos. The case garnered national attention.
During one of her reports, Nuñez is seen running after and demanding answers from Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband accused of murder.
Nuñez attended Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and began her journalism career at WMDT- TV in Salisbury, Maryland.
She covered the deadly prison riot at James T. Vaugh Correctional Center. Nunez won two Associated Press awards for her reporting.
She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Nuñez was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and is proud of her Mexican roots. She is fluent in Spanish.
During her downtime, she enjoys baking, going on runs, and taking spin classes.
The latest from Lissette Nuñez
12-year-old girl shot, woman stabbed after massive Queens brawl
The NYC brawl involving 10 kids happened outside the South Jamaica Houses in Queens, the NYPD said.
Brooklyn hit-and-run: Driver strikes, kills 71-year-old crossing street
Two women were struck in NYC, one fatally, while trying to cross the street along Eldert Street and Knickerbocker Avenue by a hit-and-run driver in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the NYPD said.
NYC pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University say they are at impasse with administrators
Pro-Palestinian protests and encampments have spread across NYC campuses, including CCNY and FIT, as today marked Columbia University’s deadline for demonstrators to pack up and leave.
NYPD confiscates stolen merchandise from Queens migrant vendors
Most of the street vendors along Roosevelt Avenue in the Jackson Heights section of Queens are thought to be migrants.
16-year-old arrested for allegedly shoving woman down NYC church stairs
A suspect was arrested in connection to the assault, robbery of a woman caught on surveillance video in front of a NYC church, police said.
NYC migrant crisis: Controversial 'DocGo' contract won't be renewed
The Adams Administration says they intend to let its contract with the medical company "DocGo," which was responsible for providing care to about 3,600 migrants, expire in May.
Woman punched, shoved down church stairs in brutal NYC robbery l VIDEO
The brutal attack happened on the steps of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Queens, the NYPD said.
Fire breaks out at Brooklyn church on Easter Sunday; 6 injured
The fire happened at Our Lady of the Rosary Pompeii on Seigel Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
NYC congestion pricing: What to know ahead of Wednesday's final vote
A final vote is scheduled for Wednesday morning in New York City on the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan, which, if approved, could begin in June.
How organizations are meeting the needs of homeless New Yorkers and migrants
Organizations across New York City are meeting the needs of homeless New Yorkers and migrants.