VIDEO: Pat Battle and Shannon Lanier excited to host the NYABJ's annual fundraising gala What's The 411 correspondent, Andrew Rosario, interviews WNBC-TV News Anchor Pat Battle and Black Enterprise Reporter Shannon Lanier, the hosts of the New York Association of Black Journalists annual scholarship gala. Battle and Lanier discuss the importance of NYABJ membership, advice to aspiring minority journalists, and the late Gil Noble, a legendary veteran journalist who was a staple at WABC-TV News with his weekly news commentary show, Like It Is.