 During Watkins’ career as a New York City news anchor he also worked for WNBC-TV (weekends) and alongside WPIX's Kaity Tong for 14 years.While working at WPIX, Watkins received three Emmy awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Broadcast Excellence.Watkins was Tribune Broadcasting's lead anchor during the 9/11 live television coverage consecutively for 5 days.