News 12 Westchester Reporter Brian Conybeare and Photographer/Editor Kenneth Pelczar won in the category of Investigative Reporting and Hard News for Rental Rip-off. Reporters Suzanne Colucci, Antoinette Biordi and Photographer/Editors Eric Leeds and Carlo Perez earned a Murrow in the category of News Series for their reports, Your Money: Surviving the Crisis.
“We have wonderful talent at News 12 Westchester and we are proud to see their achievements recognized,” said Janine Rose, News 12 Westchester News Director.
RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow’s pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession.
News 12 Westchester is part of News 12 Networks, the country's first, largest, and most watched 24-hour local television news network. News 12 Westchester launched in 1995 and today remains a cable exclusive service, reaching more than 270,000 households in Westchester and is operated by Cablevision Systems Corporation.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is one of the nation's leading media and entertainment companies. Its assets include its cable television operations, which provide industry-leading services to more than 3 million New York area households, and its award-winning television networks, which deliver some of today's most watched programming to hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. A state-of-the-art cable system enables the company to offer a full suite of advanced residential and business communications services that include its iO TV® digital television, Optimum Online® high-speed Internet, Optimum Voice® digital voice, Optimum WiFi® wireless Internet, and its Optimum Lightpath® integrated business communications solutions. Cablevision also serves the New York area with compelling local content through News 12 Networks, a local news leader; MSG Varsity, a suite of television and online services covering high school activities; and, Newsday Media Group, a business unit that includes Newsday, Long Island's leading daily newspaper. In addition, through Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, Cablevision operates successful programming and entertainment businesses, such as AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and IFC Entertainment. The company also owns and operates Clearview Cinemas, which includes Manhattan's famed Ziegfeld Theatre, a frequent and historic venue for film premieres and events.