Newsday wins New York Emmy Awards for reports on migrant crisis, post-incarceration program

Newsday won two New York Emmy Awards on Saturday night for outstanding reporting on the migrant crisis and a Suffolk County post-incarceration program.

Broadcast and web journalists from around the state donned gowns and black ties to pack into the ballroom at Manhattan’s Marriott Marquis to honor the finest work from 2024.

Newsday garnered the trophy in the Diversity/Equity/Inclusion category for a news segment on a post-incarceration program developed by Risco Mention-Lewis, a former deputy commissioner with the Suffolk County Police Department.

Newsday also won in the serious news feature category, narrated by Ken Buffa, covering migrants' struggles in New York.

Newsday was nominated for 22 awards.

“We are immensely proud of Newsday’s New York Emmy wins and nominations this year,” Newsday’s president and owner Pat Dolan said. “This year's nominations illustrate Newsday’s versatility in delivering news and telling compelling stories and show our commitment to the highest standards of journalism. The long list of nominations is evidence of our focus on multimedia across our organization.”

PIX-11’s senior correspondent Marvin Scott took home the Governors’ Award for his 60-year career covering war zones, the Civil Rights movement and the U.S. space program and interviewing world leaders.

“He’s pulled 9 G's in an F-16 jet, circled beneath the Long Island Sound in two nuclear attack submarines, and he rang the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange,” according to the award’s program.

Newsday's winning entries:

• "Faces of a crisis: For migrants, a year of struggle, fear and hope." Over the course of 2024, Newsday followed the journeys of two migrant families adjusting to life in New York. Julio, a father from Ecuador, navigated the challenges of raising two sons in a foreign land, while Fernando, a Honduran refugee, settled his family on Long Island. The spot was a team effort by Robert Cassidy, producer; Jeffrey Basinger, producer-reporter; Jocelyn Cruz, producer-reporter; Jasmine Anderson, reporter; David Olson, reporter; Kendall Rodriguez, videographer; Ed Quinn, videographer; Alejandra Villa Loarca, videographer; Ken Buffa, narrator; J. Conrad Williams Jr., videographer; Gregory Martin Stevens, art director; and Randee Daddona, producer.
• "'The Book of Success:' Bringing the incarcerated back to life" profiled the post-incarceration program — Council of Thought and Action — developed by Risco Mention-Lewis, a former deputy commissioner with the Suffolk County Police Department. This 14-minute segment was the work of Newsday’s Jeffrey Basinger, producer-reporter; Jasmine Anderson, reporter; Steven Pfost, videographer; and Howard Schnapp, videographer.