News 12 Westchester Honored with 21 New York Emmy Award Nominations

YONKERS, N.Y., February 5, 2014 – The New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored News 12 Westchester with 21 New York Emmy® Award nominations.  The award nominations were announced at the studios of CUNY-TV in New York City. 

"We’re proud of these 21 nominations and the talented staff who achieved them,” said Janine Rose, News Director, News 12 Westchester. “Every day we strive to deliver on our commitment to provide unique local coverage of the communities and neighborhoods we serve, and we are honored to be recognized for that effort.”

The 2014 Emmy® Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at The Marriott Marquee Times Square in New York City.  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®.

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 104 New York State Emmy® Award nominations this year, more than any other news organization.

News 12 Westchester New York Emmy® Award Nominations:

·         Arts: News: Scarsdale Strings

·         Business Consumer: News/Feature: Picture Perfect Success

·         Education/Schools: News/Feature: Scarsdale Strings

·         Feature News Report: Light: Rescuing the Next Generation

·         Health/Science: News/Feature: Cutting out Breast Cancer

·         Human Interest: News: Undefeated

·         Journalistic Enterprise: Tara Rosenblum

·         Religion: Program: Broken Trust

·         Societal Concerns: News: Waiting for DOMA

·         Sports: News Series: All in the Family

·         Sports: Sportscast: Miracle Shot

·         Writer: News: (2) Tara Rosenblum and Tim Cassidy

·         Editor: Short Form: Douglas Pawlikowski

·         Photographer: Short Form: Douglas Pawlikowski

·         On Camera Talent: Reporter - Features/Human Interest: (2) Lisa LaRocca and Tara Rosenblum

·         On Camera: Reporter - General Assignment: Tara Rosenblum

·         On Camera Talent: Reporter – Political: Tara Rosenblum, “Coverage of the DNC”

·         On Camera Talent: Reporter – Investigative: Tara Rosenblum, “Broken Trust”

·         On Camera Talent: Reporter - Specialty Assignment: Tara Rosenblum

About News 12 Westchester

News 12 Westchester is the exclusive 24-hour local news channel dedicated to serving the county of Westchester, New York.  The cable exclusive service is currently available to households on the Cablevision and Time Warner Cable systems in Westchester, and the Comcast system in Putnum County.  News 12 Westchester is part of News 12 Networks, the country’s first, largest, and most watched regional news network.  Launched in 1986, today 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.