News 12 Long Island Receives 19 Press Club Of Long Island Awards

PRLog (Press Release) - Jun. 8, 2012 - The Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) presented News 12 Long Island with 19 honors, including 7 first place wins, making them one of the top winners of the night at its awards banquet held at the Woodbury Country Club last night.  

“We're extremely proud of these Press Club of Long Island honors and the News 12 Long Island staff members who achieved them," said Pat Dolan, News 12 Long Island News Director. "This winning work reflects credit on everyone in our newsroom -- and proves once again that News 12 Long Island delivers quality journalism that's as local as local news gets."

News 12 Long Island received awards in the following categories:

First Place Awards:
§   Breaking News – Erin Colton vs Hurricane Irene: Erin Colton, Alain Tingue, Charles Malicki
§   Non Deadline News – Search for a Serial Killer: Lauren Sivan, Debi Gade, Brian Jingeleski, Brian Endres, Glenn Garthwaite
§   Feature – Fighting Spirit: Virginia Huie, David Garden
§   Business/Economical/Financial – Hidden Treasures: Antoinette Biordi, David Rahner
§   Environmental/Science/Health/Technology – Ride for Life: Elizabeth Hashagen, Brian Jingeleski
§   Sports – Sled Hockey: Christine Insinga, Brian Jingeleski
§   Public Affairs – Fallen Heroes: Virginia Huie, staff

Second Place Awards:
§   Environmental/Science/Health/Technology – Long Island Naturally: Mary Mucci
§   Feature – Long Island Passport: Carol Silva, David Garden
§   Public Affairs – Inside Occupy Wall St: Stone Grissom, David Garden, Marc Racenstein
§   Web site – News12.com LI: David Kirschner, Frank Pokorney
§   TV Photojournalism – Search for a Serial Killer: Brian Jingeleski, Brian Endres
§   Business/Economical/Financial – The Download: Andrew Ehinger, Matthew Lamattina

Third Place Awards:
§   TV Photojournalism – David Garden
§   Feature – Homeless Vet Burial – Christine Insinga, Jeffrey Henson
§   Business/Economical/Financial – LIRR Ticket Scofflaws: Jackie Lukas, Brian Jingeleski
§   Environmental/Science/Health/Technology – Rapid Obesity: Shari Einhorn, David Garden, Marc Racenstein
§   Sports – The Perfect Play: Kevin Maher, Daniel Scaturro, Daniel Jacobsen
§   Public Affairs – New Americans: Andrew Ehinger, David Garden

The Press Club of Long Island is a local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and awards distributed at their dinner are for the calendar year 2011.  

In addition to these PCLI awards, this year News 12 Long Island also garnered five New York Emmy awards, two Edward R. Murrow awards, four New York Press Club awards, four first place New York Associated Press awards, and one Deadline Club award from the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

About News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island is part of News 12 Networks, the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network.  News 12 Long Island was the first local 24-hour cable television news channel of its kind to launch in the United States in 1986, and celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. In addition to the 24-hour local news channel, News 12 also features the award winning news12.com, the destination for Long Island news on the web; and News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on iO TV, providing local news on-demand to Cablevision subscribers.   News 12 Long Island is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.

About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation’s leading media and telecommunications companies. In addition to delivering its Optimum-branded cable, Internet, and voice offerings throughout the New York area, the company owns and operates cable systems serving homes in four Western states.  Cablevision’s local media properties include News 12 Networks, MSG Varsity and Newsday Media Group.  Cablevision also owns and operates Clearview Cinemas.  Additional information about Cablevision is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.