Linda Schmidt
Linda Schmidt is a reporter at FOX 5 News and has been with FOX 5 since 1993.
Her hard-hitting investigative and consumer-related reports have garnered 20 Emmy nominations and won 7 Emmy Awards.
Schmidt's work has also been recognized with awards from the Associated Press, the New York State Broadcasters Association, The New York Press Club and the Newswomen's Club of New York.
Schmidt has covered the country's biggest stories, including the World Trade Center attacks, the crash of TWA flight 800, the Susan Smith case, the deaths of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and John F. Kennedy Jr., and the 9/11 Commission Hearings. She has also traveled around the world covering news for FOX 5 in Israel, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Europe.
Born to an Army family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Schmidt graduated from high school in Denville, New Jersey. She earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Penn State University.
After graduation, she worked for Q100 radio station in Easton, Pennsylvania before moving to Springfield, Missouri to work for KOLR-TV as a reporter and weekend weather forecaster. Her career path then took her to New Haven, Connecticut to work for WTNH-TV, on to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and ultimately back home to New York.
Linda is also active in the community, reading to elementary school children, serving as emcee for various fundraising events and non-profit organizations and charities, especially causes involving children with autism, homelessness, and people who suffer from spinal cord injuries.
The latest from Linda Schmidt
Masked men impersonating NYPD violently rob Brooklyn bodega
A bodega in Bedstuy, Brooklyn was robbed by four men impersonating NYPD officers.
NY bill would require repeat offenders to install speed-limiting devices
A NY state senator is sponsoring legislation that would require drivers who have a series of speeding tickets to install a device in their vehicle that prevents them from driving above the speed limit.
Coyotes howling in the Bronx are keeping some residents up at night
Coyotes are making noise—literally—in the Bronx. Residents in the Spuyten Duyvil section say the howling has gotten so intense, it’s keeping people up at night, but experts say it's just wildlife adapting to life in the city.
Harvey Weinstein retrial continues with slow jury selection as judge approves hospital transfer
A Manhattan judge has approved Harvey Weinstein’s legal team’s request to move him from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital as his retrial continues.
Parents, alumni rally ahead of Preston High School hearing
Attorney General Letitia James will hold a hearing to discuss what led to the decision to permanently close the school.
Transportation Secretary rides NYC subway, calls conditions unsafe as federal funding hangs in the balance
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joined Mayor Eric Adams for a ride on the New York City Subway, calling the system unsafe and comparing it to a homeless shelter, saying the federal government won’t approve more funding until it's cleaned up.
School bus struck by gunfire in the Bronx; no injures reported
The NYPD is investigating after a school bus was struck by gunfire in the Bronx on Friday afternoon. While there were passengers on the bus, no injuries were reported.
East Harlem bodega worker stabbed in neck over candy speaks out
24-year-old Sidi Mohamed is already back at work and speaking out after being stabbed in the neck at an East Harlem bodega in a dispute over candy.
Pro-Palestinian protesters return to Columbia and Barnard after NYPD response
A day after NYPD officers responded to a bomb threat at Barnard College, demonstrators returned to protest police presence on campus.
Protesters temporarily occupy Barnard College building over students' expulsion
A group of student protesters temporarily occupied a building on the campus of Barnard College, reportedly in opposition to the expulsion of two students who handed out flyers inside a Columbia University lecture.