Tim Scheld is an award-winning broadcast journalist with a distinguished five-decade career in news at both the local and national levels. He spent half of his career as a radio reporter in New York, working at WOR and WCBS-AM, before becoming a national radio correspondent for ABC News based in New York. In 2003, he transitioned from reporting to news management, taking on the role of news director at WCBS NewsRadio 880, where he led the newsroom for two decades—becoming the longest-serving news director in the station’s history. He stepped down in late 2022 to begin a new chapter teaching media management and journalism at Montclair State University. In 2025, he developed a graduate course in Digital Media Innovation for the university’s strategic communications master’s program.

Throughout his reporting career, Scheld covered some of the most significant stories of his time, including the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine High School shooting, the death of Princess Diana, the Gulf War, multiple US presidential campaigns, and the September 11th attacks. As news director,
he guided WCBS’s coverage of major events such as the Sandy Hook school shooting, superstorm Sandy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the newsroom, Scheld has been an influential leader in journalism ethics and education. In 2015, he was elected to the national board of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). He served as chairman of the RTDNA Board of Directors from 2022 to 2024 and held multiple terms as chairman of the organization’s ethics committee.