News 12 Long Island Wins Five New York Emmy® Awards

WOODBURY, N.Y. - April 1, 2014 - PRLog -- News 12 Long Island was honored by The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with five New York Emmy® Awards. The awards were presented on Sunday night at the 57th annual New York Emmy® Awards ceremony at The Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.

"We’re proud of these five New York Emmy awards and the talented staff members who achieved them,” said Patrick Dolan, News Director, News 12 Long Island. “These impressive wins reflect our commitment to achieve the highest journalistic and professional standards as we pursue our mission to deliver hyper-local coverage of Long Island that no other competitor can hope to match.”

We congratulate the following News 12 Long Island New York Emmy® Award winners:

• Children/Youth Programming: Camp Adventure
• General Assignment Report: Wheelchair Stolen
• Military – News: Gold Star Ride
• On Camera Talent: Anchor – Sports: Kevin Maher
• On-Camera Talent: Reporter – Sports: Kevin Maher

News 12 Networks, which is comprised of seven individual local 24-hour news channels across Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, received a total of 17 New York Emmy® Awards this year.

The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, founded in 1955, is the preeminent membership organization serving the television industry. NY NATAS encourages the pursuit of excellence and promotes the highest standards of quality in television by conferring the industry’s classic and most-coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction – the Emmy®.

About News 12 Long Island
News 12 Long Island is the exclusive 24-hour local news service dedicated to covering the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, available exclusively on the Long Island Cablevision system.  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.  Today News 12 Long Island is part of News 12 Networks which is the largest and most watched regional news network.  The network includes seven individual local 24-hour news channels, five traffic and weather channels, the award winning news12.com, and News 12 Interactive, channel 612 on Optimum TV.   News 12 Networks is owned and operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.