CBS2 News Wins 7 Fair Media Council 2019 Folio Awards For Long Island News Coverage
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - We're proud to announce our Long Island team were big winners at this year's Focus on Long Island Operations awards.
CBS2 Carolyn Gusoff and Jennifer McLogan and their crew took home a total of seven Folio awards for their unique, in-depth coverage.
Carolyn's "37%" documentary about corruption at Hempstead's failing schools won for Best News Special Report.
Jennifer's story about a street and school renaming for a living civil rights legend won the award for history.
The awards included:
- Best News Special Report: 37% - In this special production, CBS2 News' Carolyn Gusoff spent a full academic year behind the scenes of the Hempstead School District, which, despite hundreds of millions of public dollars spent every year, has been called a disastrous educational system.
- History: Town Of Hempstead Renames Street, School In Honor Of Civil Rights Hero - Greeted like a rock star in his adopted hometown, 75-year-old Gen. Joseph A. McNeil was honored by a community overwhelmed with emotion.
- Environment: Congregation Of Nuns On Long Island On Sacred Mission To Save The Planet - In the spiritual place where 100 nuns call home, there is an emphasis on the tangible. The sisters of St. Joseph are now focusing their mission to serve their neighbors on a very near and dear neighbor: Earth.
- Environment: Local Man Doing His Part To Educate The Public About Sharks - Chris Stefanou is known as Long Island's "shark man," and he has dedicated his life to saving these misunderstood creatures of the sea.
- Health: 'She Is My Hero': LI Woman Donates Life-Saving Kidney Despite Numerous Health Challenges Of Her Own - Artie Surrey was facing dim prospects of a happy family future with his wife Amy and five children, due to his failing kidneys. That is, until a holiday angel swooped in.
- Business: U.S. Open In Full Swing At Historic Shinnecock Hills Golf Club On Long Island - Getting to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton can prove challenging among crowds of 30,000 people.
- Arts and Culture: Jazz Great John Coltrane's Long Island Home Named National Treasure - The former Long Island home of pioneering jazz great John Coltrane was honored as a national treasure. The home was once slated for the wrecking ball.
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