Roger Clark began his NY1 career in 2001 as the Staten Island Reporter, before moving on to the morning features beat three years later. During that time he has surfed at Rockaway Beach, climbed rock walls, learned the trapeze, figure skated, kayaked the Hudson, canoed the Gowanus Canal and eaten prawn at seven in the morning.

He has also covered numerous community issues in every corner of the city, and highlighted non-profit organizations that do their part to make New York great.

Away from the city, Roger has visited Tokyo for a series of stories comparing New York with its Japanese counterpart, and he was in Washington D.C. for the 9/11 Commission Hearings and the release of the panel's final report.

Born in the Bronx and raised in Queens and Staten Island, Roger took an extended leave from his hometown in the 1990s to work at a series of radio and TV stations in towns like Oneonta, Newburgh, White Plains and Poughkeepsie. He anchored and reported news, plus did play-by-play for high school and semi-pro football games. He also did minor league baseball broadcasts on radio, and hosted his own call-in program.

A graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Roger is a big fan of the Syracuse Orange basketball and football teams, as well as the Mets, Jets, Giants and Rangers.

Roger stays active playing tennis and doing lots of walking, and is a music fan and former drummer in bands with names like "The Slip" and "The Avenue Kids" – although he wouldn't be shocked if you'd never heard of them. He's also a huge fan of live music, so don't be surprised if you see him out some night at one of the city's rock clubs or concert venues.