Ruschell Boone

Ruschell Boone (née West, 1975 – 3 September 2023) was a Jamaican-born American reporter and journalist based in New York City. She worked for NY1 cable television news from 2002 until her death in 2023.[1]

Early life and education

Ruschell West was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She immigrated to the Bronx in 1986 when she was 11,[2] where she recalled being bullied for her Jamaican accent.[3] She lived in a blended family with her mother Faithlyn (Swaby) and stepfather Duke Scott.[4]

Boone earned a degree in accounting from City University of New York (CUNY) Baruch College.[5] Although she picked accounting to ensure a good living, she discovered her passion for journalism in her senior year when she took over a college radio segment for a missing guest. Boone's academic counselor tried to dissuade her from a career change, saying that it was too late for her to change paths and that she did not "fit the mold".[3]

Career

Working in cable television news since 1998, Boone was a business news associate for CNBC and then an associate producer and assignment editor for CNN.[2][5] She joined NY1 in 2002.[5]

As a reporter for NY1, she covered breaking stories such as the 2016 pressure-cooker bombing in Manhattan and the 2016 presidential election.[5] She became a general assignment reporter for NY1's Live at Ten newscast in 2018.[6] In 2019, Boone was nominated for three New York Emmy Awards for news reporting and work on NY1's talk shows,[7] and in 2020 she was nominated again as a live reporter.[8]

Personal life and death

On 24 September 2005, Ruschell West married Todd Boone, a production technician at NY1. They went on to have two children.[9][10] In 2022, she took medical leave from NY1 for treatment of pancreatic cancer[11] and returned to the NY1 anchor desk, but succumbed to complications on 3 September 2023, at the age of 48.[1]

Awards

References
  1. "Ruschell Boone, 1975-2023: Beloved, award-winning NY1 anchor". NY1. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. Jackson, Kevin (5 August 2018). "Jamaican-born Ruschell Boone wins Jerk Festival celebrity cook-off". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. McPherson, Njeri (31 October 2019). "Ruschell Boone: making her mark on journalism". Amsterdam News. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "Obituary: Faithlyn J. Scott". T. Carrillo Funeral Service. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. Sperling, Jonathan (25 February 2019). "DA Brown Presents Garvin Public Service Award to NY1 Reporter Ruschell Boone". Queens Daily Eagle. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. "Arthur Ashe Institute For Urban Health Announces 2019 Honorees For 25th Annual Black Tie & Sneakers Sports Ball". Broadway World. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. "The 2019 New York Emmy Award Nominees" (PDF) (Press release). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. "The 2020 New York Emmy Award Nominees" (PDF) (Press release). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. "Ruschell West and Todd Boone". The New York Times. 25 September 2005.
  10. "Ruschell Boone – Anchor, 'News All Day'". Spectrum News. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. "NY1's Ruschell Boone undergoing treatment for cancer". Spectrum News. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. "Queens Borough 50". City & State. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  13. "The 2019 Queens Power 100". City & State. 4 August 2019. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019.
  14. "Queens Power 50". City & State. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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