Newsday nominated for 27 New York Emmy Awards
A scene from NewsdayTV’s 106th Rescue Wing video, which was nominated in the Military-Short or Long Form category for this year’s New York Emmy Awards. Credit: NewsdayTV
Newsday received 27 nominations for the 69th annual New York Emmy Awards, the professional organization that oversees the affair announced Thursday.
Newsday, which has been bolstering its broadcasting arm for years, is one of three contenders for the overall excellence award, one of the top honors that will be presented at the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Science's annual gala on Oct. 10. Newsday has been nominated four times in the past six years, recognition that Bobby Cassidy, executive director of multimedia, described as "incredible."
The publication was also nominated in the community service category for its "Dangerous Roads" series, an investigative look at why a vehicle crash resulting in death, injury or significant property damage occurs on average every seven minutes on Long Island and what can be done to improve the situation.
A scene from NewsdayTV’s Dangerous Roads project, which has been nominated for Community Service in this year’s New York Emmy Awards. Credit: NewsdayTV
"To be nominated in overall excellence as well as community service is just a reflection of the incredible hard work that the multimedia team puts in day in and day out," Cassidy said.
Among the multimedia stories nominated are an investigation into the mostly unsolved deaths of more than 100 woman whose remains were found outdoors, a look at how Gold Star families honor their children who died in service to the nation by keeping their childhood bedrooms intact, an entertainment package marking 50 years of "Jaws" and an investigation that revealed Nassau and Suffolk counties were nearly 11 times as likely to use force against Black people compared to white people from 2021 to 2024.
NewsdayTV’s Shari Einhorn, left, and Newsday reporter Sandra Peddie are shown in this scene from the “The Forgotten,” which has been nominated in the Investigative-Multiple Reports category for this year’s New York Emmy Awards. Credit: NewsdayTV
"The one thing that stood out to me looking at the nominations was the range of storytelling techniques," Cassidy said. "You're talking about investigations, short documentaries, lifestyle pieces, TV specials. To me, that was really telling of how diverse we are in putting out our television product."
Among the other investigative pieces recognized by the television academy was "Unprotected," which revealed the pervasiveness of prostitution and sex trafficking of women and children taking place at hotels and motels across the Island.
"The nominations for 'Dangerous Roads' and 'Unprotected' just show how important and effective the collaboration with our newsroom is," Cassidy said.
Newsday journalist Alfonso A. Castillo was nominated in the reporter-transportation/traffic category. Newsday TV's Virginia Huie was nominated in the reporter-features/human interest story.
Newsday also earned six nominations for promotional packages, including those spotlighting "Dangerous Roads," "Unprotected" and the travel series "Let's Go with Carissa Kellman."
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