Polly is continuing to develop her hyperlocal news site for Westchester County, theLoop after a successful launch. She recently completed a one-year assignment at NBC News Media Productions, producing original investigations, mysteries, consumer reports and features for the NBC News magazine shows and for the network's cable clients.

Polly has also served as a Producer of consumer investigations for ABC News 20/20 and PrimeTime Medical Mysteries. Recently for ABC, Polly tested 33 cups of decaffeinated coffee from the biggest chains from coast to coast to learn if they really were decaffeinated (watch video.)

 

In addition, she recently served as on-air Reporter and Senior Producer on a recent one hour special report for Food Network.

 

Other recent assignments have included on-air reporting for WNYW TV, New York and WJLA TV, Washington, D.C., as well as writing for New York Magazine, TimeOut New York and Women’s Wear Daily.

 

As the investigative reporter at WPIX TV (2000-2003) in New York, her own weekly TV segment, Polly Wants an Answer, showcased her award winning, non-aggressive yet confrontational style of consumer advocacy. At WPIX, Polly managed the investigative team while developing, writing and producing investigative and consumer reports. (watch video.)

 

Other investigations included:

 

- A look at where the money really goes when you buy M&M's from some of the “candy kids” on the street. (watch video composite of this and other investigative pieces)  (read article)
 - One large school district “losing” millions of dollars. (read newspaper article) (read news editorial)
 - An airport valet parking lot that wasn’t. (read article)
 - A warning about the Staten Island Ferry before the fatal accident.
 -The highly controversial (read article) report on dog meat sales in one ethnic community.
 - A safety loophole in super-stretch limousines.
 - Catching the NYC school board wasting taxpayer money by leaving the lights on. (read article)
 - Polly also found a fake animal adoption agency (read article) and lifeguards at Rockaway Beach smoking pot while on duty. (read article)

 

Previously, Polly served as both an investigative and general assignment reporter at WWOR-TV, New York (1993-2000) where her work was honored with 14 New York Emmy awards in five years.

 

Memorable stories at WWOR included catching the NYC Mayor Guiliani running red lights and speeding (read article) (read second article).  Her original reporting included her innovative and often emulated franchise, Eat, Drink and Be Wary.

 

Earlier in her career, after gaining diverse television news experience behind the scenes in New York local news at WABC TV and WNEW TV, and at the early start-up of CNN in Atlanta, Polly began her on-camera reporting career in Hartford, Connecticut and Norfolk, Virginia. These assignments led her back to her native Washington, D.C., where she reported from Capitol Hill for over 100 local television stations throughout the United States. Entrepreneurial projects included the creation of a production company in Fremantle, Australia, to cover the America’s Cup yacht races for American television client stations, as well as a five-part series on Perestroika shot in the U.S.S.R.

 

Polly has been a featured panelist at IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and RTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors) conventions, as well as a talk show guest (Montel Willliams Show, Ananda).  She is a member (and cast member!) of New York’s Inner Circle of Journalists.

Polly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell University.