Sonia Rincón
If her name sounds familiar, you may have heard her voice on New York's all-news radio station 1010 WINS, where she spent 15 years as an anchor and reporter while freelance reporting for New York-area television stations, before joining the Eyewitness News team full-time in May 2022.
Her broadcast journalism career began at Emerson College in Boston, where she served as news director for college radio station WERS-FM. Before returning home to New York, Sonia reported and anchored news for radio stations in Connecticut, Maine, Virginia and Pennsylvania including KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia.
Sonia earned numerous awards in her 20+ year radio career, including an Edward R. Murrow award for storm coverage of Ida in 2021.
She also has served as an adjunct lecturer at CUNY's Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Sonia has Colombian and Scottish heritage and is fluent in Spanish. When she's not working, Sonia enjoys theater and live music, fitness classes and cooking. She lives in the Bronx, is a die-hard Yankees fan and a proud alumna of LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts.
Sonia's Stories
12 injured in violent clash between teens, officers at Bronx juvenile facility
Police arrived at the Horizon Juvenile Center on Brook Avenue just before 5 p.m. Sunday after a chaotic fight inside with injuries, including stab wounds.
4 wounded, including 2 teens, in Harlem shooting
There is no word on what led to the violence, how many guns were fired, or the circumstances of the shooting.
Best way to get around during Tuesday's World Cup match? Officials, commuters weigh in
If things go as smoothly as they did on the trains Saturday for the Brazil-Morocco match, NJ Transit will be the best way to get to the Senegal-France game on Tuesday, but it's a weekday, and the game starts at 3 p.m.
World Cup fever hits New Jersey as fans power through travel chaos
The World Cup kicked off at what FIFA calls New York-New Jersey Stadium with Brazil facing Morocco, and for thousands of fans, getting there was part of the journey.
Beloved Brooklyn youth baseball coach killed along with his mother in apartment fire
The generations of men and boys who played baseball with the Bonnie Youth Club in Flatbush knew Jose Castro a long time - he coached and managed teams there since 1987.
Multiple people shot at Paterson, New Jersey intersection
It happened around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Godwin Avenue. There are possibly four or five victims or more.
Dangerous warehouse fire consumes entire block in Belleville, New Jersey; families evacuated
Flames started at the warehouse off Cortlandt Street in Belleville around 3 p.m. Sunday.
16 injured, including 14 firefighters after fire tears through Queens homes
Where the flames started exactly is under investigation, but witnesses say it looks like it started in a yard.
How NYC emergency management crews prepare first responders for worst-case scenarios
This is why the city trains regular New Yorkers in something called NYC CERT - that is the 'Community Emergency Response Team.
Thieves steal airbags, leave at least a dozen cars trashed in Teaneck, New Jersey
Several Honda drivers across Teaneck woke up to broken locks and torn apart steering wheels on Wednesday morning.