NBC New York News Reporter and Anchor Jen Maxfield Interview: She Talks about her New Book, “More After the Break — A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories” and Share What It’s Like to Be A Reporter in a World of Breaking News

By Suzanne Ordas Curry

If you live anywhere in the New York City area you’re bound to recognize the face and voice of the multi- talented reporter and news anchor Jen Maxfield.

Having started her career in upstate New York Jen Maxfield is now a fixture in New York City Television. She’s a news reporter that’s covered everything from Sandy to Katrina to covid to the “Miracle on the Hudson” and so much more. You can find her now as an anchor currently on NBC News New York.

Jen has covered thousands of stories in her life. One my wonder how a reporter can emotionally handle all the rollercoasters or stories or if they can just walk away from them. What Maxfield does in this book is show how human reporters are, that though they may walk away from stories many stories linger with them.

During the pandemic with some hard-to-find extra time, she started thinking about many of those stories, those people, and wondering just what had happened to them. She named the book “More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories.” Anyone reading this will find that is was a labor of love for her, you can see just how she formed…