FOLIO Award Winners Announced
April 23 2004 - 8:16PM
PR Newswire (US)
FOLIO Award Winners Announced WOODBURY, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire/
-- Following a keynote address by CBS News' Dan Rather, the Long
Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting announced the winners of its
2004 FOLIO Awards on April 23 at the Crest Hollow Country Club at a
ceremony attended by more than 800 business, community and media
leaders. NBC 4 and News 12 Long Island tied for first place, each
snagging three of the custom-made crystal statuettes. In a surprise
upset, upstart Long Island Press beat out all other print media in
both of the FOLIO Awards' newspaper categories. Long Island East
End's LTV Productions took home its first FOLIO, while "Best of the
Best," the highest award bestowed by the Coalition, went to UPN 9
for a 35-minute investigative report that revealed racial profiling
in Nassau County and launched a police investigation. "This is a
defining year for the FOLIO Awards," said Jaci Clement, executive
director of the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting. "We
saw a record number of entries, from more media outlets than ever
before. At the same time, the judging panels decided to raise the
bar and send the message that only the highest quality news stories
deserve a FOLIO. The media outlets walking out of here with a
statuette should be extremely proud of themselves." Co-hosting the
awards ceremony was ABC 7's Lori Stokes and Bill Ritter. Award
presenters included WB 11's Kaity Tong & Jim Watkins, UPN 9's
Harry Martin & Brenda Blackmon, FOX 5's Len Cannon &
Rosanna Scotto, NBC 4's David Ushery & Ida Siegal, Telemundo's
Jorge Ramos & Natalia Cruz, CBS 2's Shon Gables & Mario
Bosquez, Newsday's Ed Lowe and Monsignor Thomas Hartman & Rabbi
Marc Gellman, who are best known as The God Squad. For more than
two decades, the Coalition has honored media with FOLIO Awards as a
way to encourage quality news reporting of local issues. For more
information, log on to http://www.li-mediawatch.org/. Complete
List: Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting's 2004 FOLIO
Award Winners Best of the Best "Driving While Black" Reporter:
Rolland Smith; Reporter: Brenda Flanagan; Producer: Linda Sacks;
Editor: Noreen Coles; Photographer: Jimmie Mitchell UPN9 TELEVISION
Continuing News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast "Mepham
Moms" Reporter: Bill Ritter; Producers: Jeff Jolton, Glenn Silber;
Editor: Eric Zembrzuski ABC 7 Investigative Journalism in a
Regularly Scheduled Newscast "Driving While Black" Reporter:
Rolland Smith, Brenda Flanagan; Producer: Linda Sacks; Editor:
Noreen Coles; Photographer: Jimmie Mitchell UPN9 Feature Story in a
Regularly Scheduled Newscast (TIE) "Journey of Hope"
Photojournalist: Michael DelGiudice; Producer: Elizabeth Hashagen
News 12 Long Island "A Homeless Hero" Reporter: Greg Cergol;
Editor/Photographer: James Zoltowski, Jr. NBC 4 Spot News Story
"Farmingville Firebombing" Reporter/Producer: Lauren DeFranco;
Photojournalists: Matt Andersen, Tony Saturno ABC 7 Feature Story -
Long Form "Touching The Sky" Reporters: Carolyn Gusoff; Greg
Cergol; Chuck Scarborough; Ralph Penza; Brian Thompson Producer:
Joel Franklin; Editor/Photographer/Field Producer: Scott Gillies;
Photographers: John Albertson; Brian Quinn; J.C. De Los Rios;
Editor: John Gonzalez NBC 4 Science, Health or Environment News
(TIE) "Giant Hogweed" Reporter: Jennifer McLogan;
Editor/Photographer: Patrick Cronin CBS 2 "Shoreham Revisited"
Reporter: Lea Tyrrell; Producer: Lea Tyrrell; Editor: Gregory
Inserillo; Photographer: David Garden News 12 Long Island Cultural,
Artistic, Educational or Religious News (TIE) "Ticket" Host: Laura
Savini; Producer: Charlotte Cote; Executive Producer: Theresa
Statz-Smith WLIW21 Public Television "10 Great Field Trips on the
East End" Narrator/Educational Consultant: Irene Tully; Producer:
Genie Henderson; Director/Editor: Kate Pennebaker LTV Productions
Economic, Business or Consumer Issues News "Dreams Fulfilled,
Dreams Denied" Reporter: Greg Cergol; Producer: Scott Gillies;
Editor/Photographer: Scott Gillies NBC 4 Special Category "Emerging
Communities" Reporter: Peter Kohler; Producer: Christopher
DeFilippis Cablevision Editorial Services Enterprise Reporting
"Through the Roof" Reporters: Drew Scott, Scott Feldman, Heather
Holmes, Elizabeth Hashagen; Editors: Gregory Inserillo, Anthony
Iavarone; Producer: Debi Gade; Editor/Photographers: David
Leibowitz; Keith Feldman; Photographers: Brian Jingeleski; Susan
Caron News 12 Long Island RADIO Feature Story in a Regularly
Scheduled Newscast "IslandAssignment: A Walk Through the Woods-Pine
Barrens Act" Reporter: David North; Producer: David North WALK
FM/AM Radio Spot News Story "Election Night 2003: Kate Murray
Interview" Reporter: Jared Greenberg, Andrew Falzon; Producer:
Dustin Gervais; Executive Producers: Bruce Avery, Ed Ingles WRHU
88.7 Science, Health or Environment News "Charity Care" Reporter:
Tandaleya Wilder WSHU/National Public Radio Cultural, Artistic,
Educational or Religious News "Steven Gaines' East End" Reporter:
Steven Gaines; Producer: Jim Asendio; Editor: Jim Asendio WLIU
88.3/WCWP 88.1 FM Radio Economic, Business or Consumer Issues News
"IslandAssignment: No Smoking in New York" Reporter: Donna Vaughan;
Producer: Donna Vaughan WALK AM/FM Radio Print Article, Column or
Series Dealing with Media Issues and its Impact on Long Island
"Levy Wins Despite Newsday's Threat" Reporter: Paul Perillie;
Photographers: Rick Miller; Tim Bolger; Editor-in-Chief: Robbie
Woliver; News Editor: Edith Updike; Managing Editor: Bill Jensen
Long Island Press Enterprise Reporting "Breaking the Law":
Two-Thirds of Suffolk's Candidates Don't Comply with New Disclosure
Law Reporter: Paul Perillie; Photographer: Robert L. Harrison;
Editor-in-Chief: Robbie Woliver News Editor: Edith Updike; Managing
Editor: Bill Jensen Long Island Press For more information, contact
the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, 516-224-1860 or
log on to http://www.li-mediawatch.org/ Contact: Jaci Clement
516-224-1860, Ext. 101 DATASOURCE: Long Island Coalition for Fair
Broadcasting CONTACT: Jaci Clement 516-224-1860, Ext. 101, for Long
Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting Web site:
http://www.li-mediawatch.org/
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