Newsday's 2026 New York Emmy nominations

Updated July 4, 2026 1:52 pm

Newsday Media Group received 27 New York Emmy nominations across the company in 2026. View some of the highlights below. The winners will be announced Oct. 10.

'I wish his life was longer'

Long Island lost at least 5,800 years of life to fatal crashes in 2023. Newsday examines LI's dangerous roads in a yearlong investigative series. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.

A 6-year-old in an idling car, a 22-year-old jogger and an 82-year-old cyclist were among the victims in August 2023.

'She's broken. She's so broken'

Her 25-day disappearance grabbed national attention after she was found on a yacht. What her story reveals about LI's hidden world of drugs and sex trafficking. Newsday reporters Shari Einhorn, Grant Parpan and Sandra Peddie have the story.

'A case in almost every major hotel here'

From small mom-and-pop motels to high-end national brands, the problem is rampant on Long Island, experts say, with victims as young as 11 years old. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland.

'We're all shattered in many different ways'

Despite arrests, complaints, convictions and judgments, 46 physicians were allowed to practice freely. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and reporters from Newsday's health and investigative teams have the story.

'We have to figure out what happened to these people'

More than 100 women have been found dead outside on Long Island since 1976. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn and Newsday investigative reporter Sandra Peddie have this exclusive story.

Into the fire with the 106th Rescue Wing

NewsdayTV gets an exclusive look at how a drill weekend turned into a full-blown firefighting operation last month.

'I walk in here and I feel pride'

NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie talks with the families of three fallen war heroes, who have preserved their sons' bedrooms as memorials.

Honoring those lost in the 9/11 attacks

Heroism captured on polaroid paper, a daughter following in her fathers footsteps and a narrow escape of the south tower. NewsdayTV remembers the 9/11 attacks 24 years later.

'Every day I feel like I'm reliving the moment'

Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police between 2021 and 2024, a Newsday analysis found. Newsday investigative reporter Payton Guion has the story.

'Tears of joy that we made it'

Lt. Col. Sean Boughal, of the 106th Rescue Wing, based in the Hamptons, spoke about his team's mission to perform rescue operations in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

The Long Islander who inspired 'Jaws'

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland looks at the legacy of Frank Mundus, the Montauk shark hunter said to be the inspiration for Captain Quint in the movie "Jaws," which turns 50 this year.

NewsdayTV investigates: Who is Rex Heuermann?

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa sat down with Newsday Suffolk County courts reporter Grant Parpan for an in-depth discussion about Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach killer who was arrested on July 13, 2023.

'It was only us in that ship out there'

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa speaks with members of an elite Long Island-based search team about one of their most challenging rescue missions.

Montauk's Camp Hero: Separating fact from fiction

Learn more about Camp Hero, what's fact and what's fiction, and the park's ties to "Stranger Things."

'They were desperately trying to stay above the water'

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson and Ken Buffa spoke with a Long Islander who played a role in the rescue efforts, and a Newsday photographer on what made the event so devastating.

'I'm still a soldier'

David Marshall, a 100-year-old WWII veteran from Baldwin, recalls the promise he made to his friend from Rockville Centre the night before a battle. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'The plane just came down silently'

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday photographers look back at covering the Avianca plane crash on Jan. 25, 1990.

'The most rewarding hobby I've ever had'

"We're not the Ren Faire, but we're not NOT the Ren Faire." Meet the Society for Creative Anachronism, a midievalist organization that encompasses world history pre-1600, which has allowed its members to form lifelong bonds.